Replace

//ɹɪˈpleɪs// verb

Definitions

Verb
  1. 1
    To restore to a former place, position, condition, etc.; to put back. transitive

    "When you've finished using the telephone, please replace the handset."

  2. 2
    substitute a person or thing for (another that is broken or inefficient or lost or no longer working or yielding what is expected) wordnet
  3. 3
    To refund; to repay; to pay back. transitive

    "You can take what you need from the petty cash, but you must replace it tomorrow morning."

  4. 4
    put something back where it belongs wordnet
  5. 5
    To supply or substitute an equivalent with. transitive

    "I replaced my car with a newer model."

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  1. 6
    put in the place of another; switch seemingly equivalent items wordnet
  2. 7
    To take over the position or role from. transitive

    "Perplexed, Wheeler continues to play for a moment or two, keeping to his own internal time. But after another moment it becomes clear that something is wrong, something which everybody can see but him. He steals a glance up from his instrument, and finds that Luján is staring at him. In fact, every musician in the orchestra is staring at him, all of them wearing the same expression of stony, barely-contained ang— They've been replaced."

  3. 8
    take the place or move into the position of wordnet
  4. 9
    To take the place of; to be used instead of. transitive

    "This security pass replaces the one you were given earlier."

  5. 10
    To demolish (a building) and build an updated form of that building in its place. transitive
  6. 11
    To place again. rare, transitive

    "During the bench press, it is prohibited in any federation to lift your butt from contact with the bench after you have started a bona fide attempt to perform the lift. Once you unrack the bar and begin descending it to your chest, your butt must stay in contact with the bench until you replace the bar on the rack."

  7. 12
    To put in a new or different place. rare, transitive

Etymology

From re- + place.

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