substitution
Collocations
3VERB + SUBSTITUTION
import, make, notice
SUBSTITUTION + NOUN
therapy
PREP.
on
Definitions
noun
The act of substituting or the state of being substituted.
In this football tournament, three substitutions can be made during the match.
A substitute or replacement.
Gary is off this weekend, so Jeff will be his substitution.
The replacement of an atom, or group of atoms, in a compound, with another.
The expansion of the lexicon of a language by native means in correspondence to a foreign term.
Thesaurus
Synonyms
noun — the act of putting one thing or person in the place of anoth
noun — an event in which one thing is substituted for another
Antonyms
Idioms & Phrases
Example Bank
6In this football tournament, three substitutions can be made during the match.
WiktionaryGary is off this weekend, so Jeff will be his substitution.
WiktionaryCan we make a substitution?
Tatoeba · #3315518Is Algeria really following a policy of import substitution?
Tatoeba · #10139081No one will notice the substitution.
Tatoeba · #12610557You all learned way back in calculus that you can do integration by substitution. Remember that?
Tatoeba · #13395730