substitute

Etymology

Definitions

1. 1

   To use in place of something else, with the same function.

   • I had no shallots so I substituted onion.
2. 2

   To use X in place of Y.

   • I had to substitute new parts for the old ones.
3. 3

   To use Y in place of X

   To use Y in place of X; to replace X with Y.

   • I had to substitute old parts with the new ones.
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   1. 4

      To remove (a player) from the field of play and bring on another in his place.

      • He was playing poorly and was substituted after twenty minutes
      • Mario Balotelli replaced Tevez but his contribution was so negligible that he suffered the indignity of being substituted himself as time ran out, a development that encapsulated a wretched 90 minutes for City and boss Roberto Mancini.
   2. 5

      To serve as a replacement (for someone or something).

      • Accumulation of wealth by this route may substitute for personal saving.
   3. 6

      A replacement or stand-in for something that achieves a similar result or purpose.

      • Ladies [in William Shakespeare's age], again, universally wore masks as the sole substitute known to our ancestors for the modern parasol; a fact, perhaps, not generally known.
      • Since you left me, if you see me with another girl / Seeming like I'm having fun / Although she may be cute, she's just a substitute / Because you're the permanent one
      • No other love before / Could do what you do / A little so much (Oh) / So much more from you / No one else will do / There's no substitute / Your love's the finest love I've ever known / Ooh-ooh-ooh
   4. 7

      A substitute teacher.

   5. 8

      A player who is available to replace another if the need arises, and who may or may not…

      A player who is available to replace another if the need arises, and who may or may not actually do so.

      • Dean Whitehead opened the scoring shortly after the break with a low finish and substitute Peter Crouch sealed the win with a tap-in.
   6. 9

      One who enlists for military service in the place of a conscript.

   7. 10

      Abbreviation of substitute good.

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