
SYNONYMS replace, supplant, supersede. These verbs mean to turn someone or something out and place another in his, her, or its stead. To replace is to be or to furnish an equivalent or substitute, especially for one that has been lost, depleted, worn out, or discharged: "A conspiracy was carefully engineered to replace the Directory by three Consuls" (H.G. Wells). Supplant often suggests the use of intrigue or underhanded tactics to take another's place: "The rivaling poor Jones, and supplanting him in her affections, added another spur to his pursuit" (Henry Fielding). To supersede is to replace one person or thing by another held to be more valuable or useful, or less antiquated: "In our island the Latin appears never to have superseded the old Gaelic speech" (Thomas Macaulay).
| replace, substitute, repetitive, repetitious, repertoire, repertory | |
| replete, replicate, reportage |
verb
Definition: take the place of; put in place of
Antonyms: leave alone
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Dansk (Danish)
v. tr. - erstatte, udskifte, sætte i stedet for
Nederlands (Dutch)
vervangen, opvolgen, terugzetten
Français (French)
v. tr. - replacer, remettre, remettre (qch) à sa place, remplacer (par), remplacer (qn), remplacer (euph), (Comput) remplacer
Deutsch (German)
v. - ersetzen, zurückstellen, auflegen, austauschen
Ελληνική (Greek)
v. - αντικαθιστώ, επανατοποθετώ, ξαναβάζω
Italiano (Italian)
sostituire, rimpiazzare, rimettere
Português (Portuguese)
v. - repor, substituir
Русский (Russian)
заменить, поставить на место, замещать
Español (Spanish)
v. tr. - reemplazar, substituir, reponer, volver a poner
Svenska (Swedish)
v. - återställa, ersätta, byta ut, (hand) återanskaffa
中文(简体)(Chinese (Simplified))
把...放回, 以...代替, 取代, 归还
中文(繁體)(Chinese (Traditional))
v. tr. - 把...放回, 以...代替, 取代, 歸還
한국어 (Korean)
v. tr. - 제자리에 놓다, 돌려 주다, ~에 대신하다
日本語 (Japanese)
v. - 戻す, 取って代わる, 代わりをする, 取り替える
العربيه (Arabic)
(فعل) يبدل, يضع مكان
עברית (Hebrew)
v. tr. - החליף, החזיר למקומו, מילא מקום-, בא במקום-
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