replace

UK /ɹɪˈpleɪs/ US /ɹɪˈplæɪs/
verb 5

Definitions

verb

1

To restore to a former place, position, condition, etc.; to put back.

When you've finished using the telephone, please replace the handset.

The earl...was replaced in his government.

2

To refund; to repay; to pay back.

You can take what you need from the petty cash, but you must replace it tomorrow morning.

3

To supply or substitute an equivalent with.

I replaced my car with a newer model.

The batteries were dead so I replaced them.

4

To take over the position or role from.

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.

5

To take the place of; to be used instead of.

This security pass replaces the one you were given earlier.

This duty of right intention does not replace or supersede the duty of consideration.

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