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   substitute

   /ˈsʌbstɪtjuːt/

   noun

   • 1. a person or thing acting or serving in place of another: "soya milk is used as a substitute for dairy milk"
   • ▪ a person or thing that becomes the object of love or another emotion which is deprived of its natural outlet: "a father substitute"
   • 2. a sports player nominated as eligible to replace another after a match has begun: "Stewart was the Rovers substitute"
   • 3. a deputy: "a sheriff substitute"

   verb

   • 1. use or add in place of: "dried rosemary can be substituted for the fresh herb" Similar exchangeuse as a replacementswitchreplace withuse instead ofuse as an alternative touse in place ofuse in preference totradeinformal:swap
   • ▪ act or serve as a substitute: "I found someone to substitute for me"
   • ▪ replace (someone or something) with another: "customs officers substituted the drugs with another substance"
   • ▪ replace (an atom or group in a molecule, especially a hydrogen atom) with another: "three of the hydrogen atoms of the methane molecule have been substituted by chlorine, bromine or iodine atoms"
   • 2. replace (a sports player) with a substitute during a match: "he was substituted eleven minutes from time"

   Word Origin late Middle English (denoting a deputy or delegate): from Latin substitutus ‘put in place of’, past participle of substituere, based on statuere ‘set up’.

   Derivatives

   • 1. substitutability noun
   • 2. substitutable adjective
   • 3. substitutive adjective

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