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English Dictionary: substitute |
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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
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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.
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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.
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From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: |
Substitute
(SUB) {ASCII} character 26.
[Why?]
(1996-06-28)
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