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English Dictionary: substitute	by the DICT Development Group
4 results for substitute
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
substitute adj capable of substituting in any of several positions on a team; "a utility infielder" Synonym(s): utility(a), substitute(a) serving or used in place of another; "an alternative plan" Synonym(s): alternate, alternative, substitute artificial and inferior; "ersatz coffee"; "substitute coffee" Synonym(s): ersatz, substitute n a person or thing that takes or can take the place of another Synonym(s): substitute, replacement an athlete who plays only when a starter on the team is replaced Synonym(s): substitute, reserve, second-stringer someone who takes the place of another (as when things get dangerous or difficult); "the star had a stand-in for dangerous scenes"; "we need extra employees for summer fill- ins" Synonym(s): stand-in, substitute, relief, reliever, backup, backup man, fill-in v 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 can be interchanged without a changing the context's meaning" Synonym(s): substitute, replace, interchange, exchange be a substitute; "The young teacher had to substitute for the sick colleague"; "The skim milk substitutes for cream--we are on a strict diet" Synonym(s): substitute, sub, stand in, fill in act as a substitute; "She stood in for the soprano who suffered from a cold" Synonym(s): substitute, deputize, deputise, step in
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Substitute \Sub"stit"ute\, n. [L. substitutus, p. p. of substituere to put under, put in the place of; sub under + statuere to put, place: cf. F. substitut. See {Statute}.] One who, or that which, is substituted or put in the place of another; one who acts for another; that which stands in lieu of something else; specifically (Mil.), a person who enlists for military service in the place of a conscript or drafted man.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Substitute \Sub"stit"ute\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Substituted}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Substituting}.] [See {Substitute}, n.] To put in the place of another person or thing; to exchange. Some few verses are inserted or substituted in the room of others. --Congreve.
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
Substitute (SUB) {ASCII} character 26. [Why?] (1996-06-28)