English Explanatory Dictionary

surrogate

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A substitute (usually of a person, position or role).
  2. A person or animal that acts as a substitute for the social or pastoral role of another, such as a surrogate parent.
  3. A deputy for a bishop in granting licences for marriage.
  4. A politician or person of influence campaigning for a presidential candidate.
  5. A judicial officer of limited jurisdiction, who administers matters of probate and intestate succession and, in some cases, adoptions.
  6. Any of a range of Unicode codepoints which are used in pairs in UTF-16 to represent characters beyond the Basic Multilingual Plane.
  7. An ersatz good.
  8. Ellipsis of surrogate key.
adj
  1. Of, concerning, relating to or acting as a substitute.
verb
  1. To replace or substitute something with something else; to appoint a successor.

Pronunciation

/ˈsʌɹəɡɪt/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-surrogate.wav /ˈsɝəɡɪt/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Wodencafe-surrogate.wav /ˈsʌɹəɡeɪt/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-surrogate2.wav /ˈsɝəɡeɪt/

Word forms

surrogate surrogates more surrogate most surrogate surrogating surrogated

Etymology

From Latin surrogātus, perfect passive participle of surrogō (“ask”); a variant of subrogō, from sub (“under”) + rogō (“ask”).

Synonyms

fill-in ghost proxy replacement stand-in substitute surrogate deputize foster replace subrogate

Related words

surrogatum subrogate surrogation

Derived words

audience surrogate surrogate activity surrogate advertising surrogate court surrogate father surrogate key surrogate mother surrogate pair surrogate parent surrogate proxy surrogateship surrogative surrogatively surrogacy surrogately
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