replace
verb [T] (CHANGE FOR) /rɪˈpleɪs/Definition
B1 to take the place of something, or to put something or someone in the place of something or someone else: The factory replaced most of its workers with robots. Tourism has replaced agriculture as the nation's main industry.Replacing and exchanging B1 If you replace something broken, damaged, or lost, you provide a new one: I promised to replace the plate that I'd dropped.Replacing and exchanging replaceable /-ˈpleɪ.sə.bl̩/ adjective › Don't worry - all that stolen stuff is replaceable.Replacing and exchanging
(Definition of replace verb (CHANGE FOR) from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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Synonyms and related words:
- alternatively adverb
- bargain sth away phrasal verb
- behalf noun
- change over phrasal verb
- compensation noun (EXCHANGE)
- countermand verb
- delegate noun
- pinch-hit verb
- pre-empt verb
- proxy noun
- refill noun
- refill verb
- represent verb (ACT FOR)
- spare noun
- substitute noun
- succession noun
- supersede verb
- supplant verb
- swap noun
- swap verb
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