replace

English dictionary entry

Meanings

verb
  1. To restore to a former place, position, condition, etc.; to put back.
  2. To refund; to repay; to pay back.
  3. To supply or substitute an equivalent with.
  4. To take over the position or role from.
  5. To take the place of; to be used instead of.
  6. To demolish (a building) and build an updated form of that building in its place.
  7. To place again.
  8. To put in a new or different place.

Pronunciation

/ɹɪˈpleɪs/ en-us-replace.ogg /ɹɪˈplæɪs/

Word forms

replace replaces replacing replaced no-table-tags glossary replacest replacedst replaceth

Etymology

From re- + place.

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