replace

re- +‎ place

• IPA^(key): /ɹɪˈpleɪs/

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• Rhymes: -eɪs

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

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

   The earl...was replaced in his government. (Can we date this quote by Francis Bacon?)

2. (transitive) To refund; to repay; to restore

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

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

   I replaced my car with a newer model.

   The batteries were dead so I replaced them

   • 2012 September 20, Andrew Brown, “Archbishop of Canterbury succession race begins in earnest”, in The Guardian (online)‎:

     Next Wednesday, four women and 15 men on the Crown Nominations Commission will gather for two days of prayer and horsetrading to replace Rowan Williams as archbishop of Canterbury.

4. (transitive) To take the place of; to supply the want of; to fulfill the end or office 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. (Can we date this quote by William Whewell?)

5. (transitive) To demolish a building and build an updated form of that building in its place.
6. (transitive, rare) To place again.
7. (transitive, rare) To put in a new or different place.

The propriety of the use of "replace" instead of "displace", "supersede", or "take the place of", as in the fourth definition, has been disputed on account of etymological discrepancy, but is standard English and universally accepted.

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

• replaceable
• replacement

• eliminate

• percale

replace

1. first-person singular present indicative of replacer
2. third-person singular present indicative of replacer
3. first-person singular present subjunctive of replacer
4. third-person singular present subjunctive of replacer
5. second-person singular imperative of replacer