substitute
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Động từ
verb- 1.
(transitive)To use in place of something else, with the same function.
I had no shallots so I substituted onion.
- 2.
(transitive)(transitive, in the phrase "substitute X for Y") To use X in place of Y.
I had to substitute new parts for the old ones.
- 3.
(transitive)(transitive, formerly proscribed, often in the phrase "substitute X with/by Y", sometimes "substitute X for Y") To use Y in place of X; to replace X with Y.
I had to substitute old parts with the new ones.
You know when you first have a baby, and you're like "I'm gonna die 'cause I've never slept"? … and you get [an] hour and a half in the middle of the night that you get to sleep. Your partner's like, "I'll take care of this." … I used that hour and a half, instead of sleeping, to watch The Pitt. … The most panic inducing show. … I was just like I was like, "Why do I feel like vomiting 24/7? Oh, I substituted sleep for watching The Pitt."
- 4.
(transitive)(transitive, sports) To remove (a player) from the field of play and bring on another in his place.
He was playing poorly and was substituted after twenty minutes
- 5.
(intransitive)To serve as a replacement (for someone or something).
Danh từ
noun- 1.
A replacement or stand-in for something that achieves a similar result or purpose.
Đồng nghĩa: substituend, surrogate
- 2.
A substitute teacher.
- 3.
(sports) A player who is available to replace another if the need arises, and who may or may not actually do so.
- 4.
(historical)One who enlists for military service in the place of a conscript.
- 5.
(abbreviation, alt of)(economics) Abbreviation of substitute good.
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From Middle English substituten, from Latin substitutus, past participle of substituō, from sub- (under; beneath) + statuō (to put up; establish). Displaced native spala a substitute and spelian (to substitute).