单词 | replace |
释义 | replace[ ri-pleys ] / rɪˈpleɪs / SEE SYNONYMS FOR replace ON THESAURUS.COM verb (used with object), re·placed, re·plac·ing.to assume the former role, position, or function of; substitute for (a person or thing): Electricity has replaced gas in lighting. to provide a substitute or equivalent in the place of: to replace a broken dish. to restore; return; make good: to replace a sum of money borrowed. to restore to a former or the proper place: to replace the vase on the table. Origin of replaceFirst recorded in 1585–95; re- + place SYNONYMS FOR replace1 succeed. 3 refund, repay. SEE SYNONYMS FOR replace ON THESAURUS.COM synonym study for replace1. Replace, supersede, supplant refer to putting one thing or person in place of another. To replace is to take the place of, to succeed: Ms. Jones will replace Mr. Smith as president. Supersede implies that that which is replacing another is an improvement: The computer has superseded the typewriter. Supplant implies that that which takes the other's place has ousted the former holder and usurped the position or function, especially by art or fraud: to supplant a former favorite. OTHER WORDS FROM replaceDictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for replaceBritish Dictionary definitions for replacereplace / (rɪˈpleɪs) / verb (tr)to take the place of; supersedethe manual worker is being replaced by the machine to substitute a person or thing for (another which has ceased to fulfil its function); put in place ofto replace an old pair of shoes to put back or return; restore to its rightful place Derived forms of replacereplaceable, adjectivereplaceability, nounreplacer, nounCollins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 |
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