Substitution
/ˌsʌb.stɪˈtjuː.ʃən/ noun
noun ·Common ·High school level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 The act of substituting or the state of being substituted. countable, uncountable
"In this football tournament, three substitutions can be made during the match."
- 2 the act of putting one thing or person in the place of another: wordnet
- 3 A substitute or replacement. countable, uncountable
"Gary is off this weekend, so Jeff will be his substitution."
- 4 an event in which one thing is substituted for another wordnet
- 5 The replacement of an atom, or group of atoms, in a compound, with another. countable, especially, uncountable
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- 6 The expansion of the lexicon of a language by native means in correspondence to a foreign term. countable, uncountable
Example
More examples"Is Algeria really following a policy of import substitution?"
Etymology
From Middle French substitution, from Late Latin substitutio.