replace

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MEANING & USAGE

01verb

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”

02verb

take the place or move into the position of

“Smith replaced Miller as CEO after Miller left”

“the computer has supplanted the slide rule”

03verb

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”

04verb

put in the place of another; switch seemingly equivalent items

“the con artist replaced the original with a fake Rembrandt”

“substitute regular milk for fat-free milk”

Meanings and examples from Open English WordNet 2025. About our sources ↗