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replace
- /ɹɪˈpleɪs/
- /ɹɪˈplæɪs/ Australia
Rhymes with -eɪs
verb replaces · replacing · replaced · replace
- To restore to a former place, position, condition, etc.; to put back. When you've finished using the telephone, please replace the handset.
- To refund; to repay; to pay back. You can take what you need from the petty cash, but you must replace it tomorrow morning.
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To supply or substitute an equivalent with.
I replaced my car with a newer model.
Similar: exchange
- To take over the position or role from. Perplexed, Wheeler continues to play for a moment or two, keeping to his own internal time. But after another moment it becomes clear that something is wrong, something which everybody can see but him. He steals a glance up from his instrument, and finds that Luján is staring at him. In fact, every
- To take the place of; to be used instead of. This security pass replaces the one you were given earlier.
- To demolish (a building) and build an updated form of that building in its place.
- To place again. During the bench press, it is prohibited in any federation to lift your butt from contact with the bench after you have started a bona fide attempt to perform the lift. Once you unrack the bar and begin descending it to your chest, your butt must stay in contact with the bench until you replace the
- To put in a new or different place.
Similar: swap
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: put back, supplant, supersede, substitute, supervene upon, recoup, repair, renew, refit, relace, reattach, replenish, remediate, reformulate, reinstall, revise
verb
Similar: swap
Translations
Every language
verb to restore or return to a previous location
| Português | substituir |
|---|---|
| Deutsch | zurückstellen |
| Ελληνικά | ανατοποθετώ anatopothetó |
verb to supply or substitute an equivalent for
| Español | reemplazar, mover el banquillo, remplazar |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 교체하다 gyoche-hada, 대신하다 daesin-hada, 대체하다 daeche-hada |
| 日本語 | 取り換える torikaeru |
| 中文 | 取代 qǔdài, 撤換 /撤换 chèhuàn, 交替 jiāotì, 替代 tìdài, 更換 /更换 gēnghuàn, 代替 dàitì |
| Português | substituir |
| Français | remplacer |
| Deutsch | ersetzen |
| Italiano | sostituire, rimpiazzare, riporre |
| Ελληνικά | αντικαθιστώ antikathistó |
| Română | înlocui, substitui |
| Русский | заменя́ть zamenjátʹ, замени́ть zamenítʹ, замеща́ть zameščátʹ, замести́ть zamestítʹ |
| Tiếng Việt | thay thế |
| العربية | اِسْتَبْدَلَ istabdala, بَدَّلَ baddala |
| עברית | הֶחְלִיף hekhlif |
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