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re·place

verb \ri-ˈplās\

Definition of REPLACE

transitive verb

1

: to restore to a former place or position <replace cards in a file>

2

: to take the place of especially as a substitute or successor

3

: to put something new in the place of <replace a worn carpet>

— re·place·able \-ˈplā-sə-bəl\ adjective

— re·plac·er noun

Examples of REPLACE

1. Will computers ever completely replace books?
2. Paper bags have been largely replaced by plastic bags.
3. She was hired to replace the previous manager.
4. I replaced the old rug with a new one.
5. They recently replaced the old phone system.
6. The team's manager was replaced last season.
7. The patient needed a transfusion to replace lost blood.
8. They've appointed a new minister to replace the one who just retired.
9. I guess it's finally time to replace the stove.
10. He carefully replaced the vase on the shelf.

First Known Use of REPLACE

1595

Related to REPLACE

Synonyms: cut out, displace, displant, relieve, substitute, supersede, supplant

Related Words: preempt, usurp

Near Antonyms: remove, take

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Synonym Discussion of REPLACE

replace, displace, supplant, supersede mean to put out of a usual or proper place or into the place of another. replace implies a filling of a place once occupied by something lost, destroyed, or no longer usable or adequate <replaced the broken window>. displace implies an ousting or dislodging <war had displaced thousands>. supplant implies either a dispossessing or usurping of another's place, possessions, or privileges or an uprooting of something and its replacement with something else <was abruptly supplanted in her affections by another>. supersede implies replacing a person or thing that has become superannuated, obsolete, or otherwise inferior <the new edition supersedes all previous ones>.

Rhymes with REPLACE

abase, airspace, Alsace, ambsace, apace, backspace, best-case, biface, birthplace, blackface, boldface, bookcase, bootlace, braincase, briefcase, clubface, crankcase, cyclase, debase, deface, disgrace, displace, dogface, doughface, efface, embrace, emplace, encase, enchase, enlace, erase, euclase, firebase, fireplace, footpace, footrace, foreface, freebase, gyrase, half-space, hard case, headspace, hydrase, Jerez, kinase, lactase, lightface, lipase, lyase, maltase, manes, millrace, milreis, misplace, mutase, notecase, null-space, nutcase, outface, outpace, outrace, paleface, postface, Quilmes, scapegrace, shoelace, showcase, showplace, slipcase, smearcase, someplace, staircase, subbase, subspace, suitcase, tailrace, tenace, typeface, ukase, unbrace, unlace, watchcase, wheelbase, whey-face, whiteface, workplace, worst-case