replace

English Online Dictionary. What means replace‎? What does replace mean?

English

Etymology

From re- +‎ place.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɹɪˈpleɪs/
• Rhymes: -eɪs

Verb

replace (third-person singular simple present replaces, present participle replacing, simple past and past participle replaced)

1. (transitive) To restore to a former place, position, condition, etc.; to put back.
2. (transitive) To refund; to repay; to pay back.

3. (transitive) To supply or substitute an equivalent for.

4. (transitive) To take over the position or role from.
5. (transitive) To take the place of; to be used instead of.
6. (transitive) To demolish (a building) and build an updated form of that building in its place.
7. (transitive, rare) To place again.
8. (transitive, rare) To put in a new or different place.

Synonyms

• (to supply or substitute an equivalent for): exchange, swap; See also Thesaurus:switch

Derived terms

Translations

See also

• eliminate

References

“replace”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

Anagrams

• percale

French

Verb

replace

1. inflection of replacer:
   1. first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
   2. second-person singular imperative