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Replacement

//ɹɪˈpleɪsmənt// noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    A person or thing that takes the place of another; a substitute. countable, uncountable

    "Rovers lost keeper Robinson to a calf problem at half-time and his replacement Mark Bunn, making his Premier League debut, was immediately called into action - pushing away a vicious Peter Odemwingie drive at the near post."

  2. 2
    the act of furnishing an equivalent person or thing in the place of another wordnet
  3. 3
    The act of replacing something. countable, uncountable

    "The replacement of that broken light-bulb will have to wait until I can buy a new one."

  4. 4
    a person or thing that takes or can take the place of another wordnet
  5. 5
    The removal of an edge of crystal, by one plane or more. countable, uncountable
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  1. 6
    an event in which one thing is substituted for another wordnet
  2. 7
    a person who follows next in order wordnet
  3. 8
    someone who takes the place of another person wordnet
  4. 9
    filling again by supplying what has been used up wordnet

Etymology

From replace + -ment.

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