v. t. | 1. | To place again; to restore to a former place, position, condition, or the like. | |||
2. | To refund; to repay; to restore; | ||||
3. | To supply or substitute an equivalent for; | ||||
4. | To take the place of; to supply the want of; to fulfull the end or office of. | ||||
5. | To put in a new or different place.
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Verb | 1. | replace - substitute a person or thing for (another that is broken or inefficient or lost or no longer working or yielding what is expected); "He replaced the old razor blade"; "We need to replace the secretary that left a month ago"; "the insurance will replace the lost income"; "This antique vase can never be replaced" |
2. | replace - take the place or move into the position of; "Smith replaced Miller as CEO after Miller left"; "the computer has supplanted the slide rule"; "Mary replaced Susan as the team's captain and the highest-ranked player in the school" | |
3. | replace - put in the place of another; switch seemingly equivalent items; "the con artist replaced the original with a fake Rembrandt"; "substitute regular milk with fat-free milk" Synonyms: substitute | |
4. | replace - put something back where it belongs; "replace the book on the shelf after you have finished reading it"; "please put the clean dishes back in the cabinet when you have washed them" Synonyms: put back |