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Meaning of substitute
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
substitute
adj 1: capable of substituting in any of several positions on a
team; "a utility infielder" [syn: {utility(a)},
{substitute(a)}]
2: serving or used in place of another; "an alternative plan"
[syn: {alternate}, {alternative}, {substitute}]
3: artificial and inferior; "ersatz coffee"; "substitute coffee"
[syn: {ersatz}, {substitute}]
n 1: a person or thing that takes or can take the place of
another [syn: {substitute}, {replacement}]
2: an athlete who plays only when a starter on the team is
replaced [syn: {substitute}, {reserve}, {second-stringer}]
3: someone who takes the place of another (as when things get
dangerous or difficult); "the star had a stand-in for
dangerous scenes"; "we need extra employees for summer fill-
ins" [syn: {stand-in}, {substitute}, {relief}, {reliever},
{backup}, {backup man}, {fill-in}]
v 1: put in the place of another; switch seemingly equivalent
items; "the con artist replaced the original with a fake
Rembrandt"; "substitute regular milk with fat-free milk";
"synonyms can be interchanged without a changing the
context's meaning" [syn: {substitute}, {replace},
{interchange}, {exchange}]
2: be a substitute; "The young teacher had to substitute for the
sick colleague"; "The skim milk substitutes for cream--we are
on a strict diet" [syn: {substitute}, {sub}, {stand in},
{fill in}]
3: act as a substitute; "She stood in for the soprano who
suffered from a cold" [syn: {substitute}, {deputize},
{deputise}, {step in}]
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