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Definition of Substitute

1. Noun. A person or thing that takes or can take the place of another.

2. Verb. Put in the place of another; switch seemingly equivalent items. "Synonyms can be interchanged without a changing the context's meaning"

3. Adjective. Capable of substituting in any of several positions on a team. "A utility infielder"

4. Noun. An athlete who plays only when a starter on the team is replaced.

5. Verb. Be a substitute. "The skim milk substitutes for cream--we are on a strict diet"

6. Adjective. Serving or used in place of another. "An alternative plan"

7. Noun. Someone who takes the place of another (as when things get dangerous or difficult). "We need extra employees for summer fill-ins"

8. Verb. Act as a substitute. "She stood in for the soprano who suffered from a cold"

9. Adjective. Artificial and inferior. "Substitute coffee"

Definition of Substitute

1. n. One who, or that which, is substituted or put in the place of another; one who acts for another; that which stands in lieu of something else

2. v. t. To put in the place of another person or thing; to exchange.

Definition of Substitute

1. Verb. (transitive) To use in place of something else, with the same function. ¹

2. Verb. (transitive) In the phrase "substitute X for Y", to use X in place of Y. ¹

3. Verb. (transitive) In the phrase "substitute X with/by Y", to use Y in place of X. ¹

4. Verb. (transitive sports) To remove (a player) from the field of play and bring on another in his place. ¹

5. Verb. (intransitive) To serve as a replacement (for someone or something) ¹

6. Noun. A replacement or stand-in for something that achieves a similar result or purpose. ¹

7. Noun. (context: sports) A player who is available to replace another if the need arises, and who may or may not actually do so. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Substitute

1. [v -TUTED, -TUTING, -TUTES]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Substitute

substatutes substaunce substellar substellate substem substems substep substeps substernal substile

substiles substituent substituents substitutability substitutable substitute (current term) substitute(a) substituted substitutes substitutes' bench

substitutes' benches substituting substitution substitution cipher substitution ciphers substitution code substitution of attorney substitution reaction substitutional

Literary usage of Substitute

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. South Eastern Reporter by West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals, West Publishing Company, South Carolina Supreme Court (1922)
"Sales <§=»4I8(7)—Buyer on seller's breach must buy best substitute and ordinarily in nearest available market; failure to buy In nearest available market ..."

2. Pediatrics: The Hygienic and Medical Treatment of Children by Thomas Morgan Rotch (1896)
"In addition to the general principles which I have enunciated concerning maternal feeding, and which apply equally to substitute feeding, there are certain ..."

3. History of the United States from the Compromise of 1850 by James Ford Rhodes (1904)
"1 I have already spoken of frauds in connection with the filling of military quotas by substitute brokers and bounty-jumpers.2 Much more might be said on ..."

4. Constitution, Jefferson's Manual, the Rules of the House of Representatives by United States Congress. House, Thomas Jefferson, United States (1904)
"In considering an amendment to a substitute, an amendment in the nature ot' a ... A substitute amendment may be amended by striking out all but the first ..."

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