verb ·3 syllables ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   the act of furnishing an equivalent person or thing in the place of another wordnet

Verb

1. 1
   present participle and gerund of replace form-of, gerund, participle, present

Synonyms

All synonyms

alternatealternativeforreplacementreplacementreturn

Example

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"Petroleum was replacing coal as fuel."

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