Can we make a substitution?
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Substitution
/ˌsʌb.stɪˈtjuː.ʃən/
Synonyms for "substitution" (159 found)
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Closest matches (32)
Noun(7 words)
agencyagentalienationalternatealternativeamendsanalogyatonementautismautistic thinkingavoidance mechanismbackupbalancingblame-shiftingchangechangelingchangingcommutationcomparisoncompensation
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Strong matches (48)
defense mechanismdelegationdeputationdeputydereismdereistic thinkingdisplacementdissociationdoubledummyemotional insulationequalequivalentersatzescapeescape into fantasyescape mechanismescapismeuphemismexchange
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expiationfakefantasizingfantasyfill-inflightghostghostwriterimitationindemnificationindemnityinterchangeinterchangingisolationlex talionislocum tenensmakeshiftmeasure for measuremetaphormetonymynegativismnext best thingoffsettingovercompensation
Noun(4 words)
Related words (79)
Noun(16 words)
overwritingpart replacementpermutationprocessrecipe modificationreplacementsspanish cambiarstaffing changesubsubbingsubstitutingsupersedingswapswitchtranspositionvalue substitution
personnelphonypinch hitterpower of attorneyprojectionproxypsychotaxisquid pro quorationalizationrecompenserectificationredressreliefreparationrepaymentreplacementreplacingrepresentationrepresentativereserves
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resistancerestitutionretaliationrevengeringersatisfactionsecond stringsecondarysignsociological adjustive reactionssparesparesstand instand-insubsublimationsubstituentsubstitutesuccedaneumsupersedersuperseduresupplantersupplantingsurrogateswapswappingswitchswitchingsymbolsynecdochethird stringtit for tattokenunderstudyutility playervicarvice presidentvice-presidentvice-regentwish fulfillmentwish-fulfillment fantasywishful thinkingwithdrawal
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10 entrieschangecoding methodencryption techniquefluctuationgame managementmath techniqueproblem solving methodprocessteam changevariation
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9 entriesdata substitutionearly substitutionexpression substitutionlate substitutionmonoalphabetic substitutionpolyalphabetic substitutionsymbol substitutionvalue substitutionword substitution
Collocations
5 entriesmonoalphabetic substitutionplayer substitutionsubstitution methodsubstitution stepvalue substitution
Inflections
1 entriesDerivations
4 entriesSample sentences
9 total sentences available.
Is Algeria really following a policy of import substitution?
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There is a widespread opinion that all study of the mode of oratory is unmanly, and leads to the substitution of artifice and adornment for simplicity and power.
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Altho this substitution of assonance for rime is uncommon in the more literary lyrics, which we may suppose to have been composed with the pen, it is still frequently to be found in the popular song, born on the lips of the singer, and set down in black and white only as an afterthought.
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