Sentences with replace
re·place
R r - The council tax replaces the poll tax next April. [VERB noun]
- I clean out all the grease and replace it with oil so it works better in very low temperatures. [VERB noun + with]
- Replace implies a taking the place of someone or something that is now lost, gone, destroyed, worn out, etc. [we replace defective tubes]; displace suggests the ousting or dislodgment of a person or thing by another that replaces it [he had been displaced in her affections by another man]; supersede implies a replacing with something superior, more up-to-date, etc. [the steamship superseded the sailing ship]; supplant suggests a displacing that involves force, fraud, or innovation [the prince had been supplanted by an impostor]
- The shower that we put in a few years back has broken and we cannot afford to replace it. [VERB noun]
- The line went dead. Whitlock replaced the receiver. [VERB noun]
- The manual worker is being replaced by the machine
- To replace an old pair of shoes
- Workers replaced by automated equipment
- To replace a worn tire
- To replace embezzled funds
- The shower has broken and we have to replace it.Replace any bottles taken from the minibar.The maids did not replace the used towels with clean ones.
- Electricity has replaced gas in lighting.
- To replace a broken dish.
- To replace a sum of money borrowed.
- To replace the vase on the table.