replace
Part of speech: verb
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Etymology tree
Proto-Italic *wre-
Latin re-der.
Old French re-bor.
Middle English re-
English re-
English place
English replace
From re- + place.
Inflected forms:
form: replaces
pos: verb
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: replacing
pos: verb
tags: participle
present
form: replaced
pos: verb
tags: participle
past
form: replaced
pos: verb
tags: past
form: no-table-tags
pos: verb
tags: table-tags
form: glossary
pos: verb
tags: inflection-template
form: replace
pos: verb
tags: infinitive
form: replace
pos: verb
tags: first-person
present
singular
form: replaced
pos: verb
tags: first-person
past
singular
form: replace
pos: verb
tags: present
second-person
singular
form: replacest
pos: verb
tags: archaic
present
second-person
singular
form: replaced
pos: verb
tags: past
second-person
singular
form: replacedst
pos: verb
tags: archaic
past
second-person
singular
form: replaces
pos: verb
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: replaceth
pos: verb
tags: archaic
present
singular
third-person
form: replaced
pos: verb
tags: past
singular
third-person
form: replace
pos: verb
tags: plural
present
form: replaced
pos: verb
tags: past
plural
form: replace
pos: verb
tags: present
subjunctive
form: replaced
pos: verb
tags: past
subjunctive
form: replace
pos: verb
tags: imperative
present
form: -
pos: verb
tags: imperative
past
form: replacing
pos: verb
tags: participle
present
form: replaced
pos: verb
tags: participle
past
Senses:
gloss: To restore to a former place, position, condition, etc.; to put back.
pos: verb
tags: transitive
examples: When you've finished using the telephone, please replace the handset.
The earl...was replaced in his government.
Network Rail doesn't expect the line through Carmont to open for around a month, as it faces the mammoth task of recovering the two power cars and four coaches from ScotRail's wrecked train, repairing bridge 325, stabilising earthworks around the landslip, and replacing the track.
gloss: To refund; to repay; to pay back.
pos: verb
tags: transitive
examples: You can take what you need from the petty cash, but you must replace it tomorrow morning.
'Of course I should like to replace the damage,' said the delinquent.
gloss: To supply or substitute an equivalent with.
pos: verb
tags: transitive
examples: I replaced my car with a newer model.
The batteries were dead so I replaced them.
Next Wednesday, four women and 15 men on the Crown Nominations Commission will gather for two days of prayer and horsetrading to replace Rowan Williams as archbishop of Canterbury.
gloss: To take over the position or role from.
pos: verb
tags: transitive
examples: Perplexed, Wheeler continues to play for a moment or two, keeping to his own internal time. But after another moment it becomes clear that something is wrong, something which everybody can see but him. He steals a glance up from his instrument, and finds that Luján is staring at him. In fact, every musician in the orchestra is staring at him, all of them wearing the same expression of stony, barely-contained ang—
They've been replaced.
gloss: To take the place of; to be used instead of.
pos: verb
tags: transitive
examples: This security pass replaces the one you were given earlier.
This duty of right intention does not replace or supersede the duty of consideration.
So my love, I dare say to you / Let's hold on fast to a love that's really true / The thought of losing you could never be erased / The love that I once knew could never be replaced
gloss: To demolish (a building) and build an updated form of that building in its place.
pos: verb
tags: transitive
gloss: To place again.
pos: verb
tags: rare
transitive
examples: During the bench press, it is prohibited in any federation to lift your butt from contact with the bench after you have started a bona fide attempt to perform the lift. Once you unrack the bar and begin descending it to your chest, your butt must stay in contact with the bench until you replace the bar on the rack.
gloss: To put in a new or different place.
pos: verb
tags: rare
transitive
Synonyms: swap
Related words: eliminate
Derived words: overreplace
replaceability
replaceable
replacee
replacement
replacer
replacing switch
replacism
replacist
replacive
underreplace
unreplaced
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