replace
IPA: ripɫˈeɪs
verb
- (transitive) To restore to a former place, position, condition, etc.; to put back
- (transitive) To refund; to repay; to pay back
- (transitive) To supply or substitute an equivalent for
- (transitive) To take over the position or role from.
- (transitive) To take the place of; to be used instead of
- (transitive) To demolish (a building) and build an updated form of that building in its place.
- (transitive, rare) To place again.
- (transitive, rare) To put in a new or different place.
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Examples of "replace" in Sentences
- The juice replaced the water.
- The triumvirate was then replaced.
- It will replace the roasted sirloin.
- Replace the thermostat if necessary.
- The answer is the axiom of replacement.
- The Activist was replaced by the Slacker.
- The replacement for a pager is a cellphone.
- The Fusion is the replacement for the Contour.
- The alternative is to replace the entire wood window including jambs.
- The musket replaced the arquebus, and was in turn replaced by the rifle.
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