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🔄 To substitute 📚 To put back
to replace

to replace

1 1.8
Put something back where it belongs
  • verb
  • /rɪˈpleɪs/
: volver a colocar
  • After the meeting, I will replace the chairs to their original positions.

Examples

  • Coal has long since replaced wood as the prime energy source for industry.

  • We replaced the entire exhaust system.

    Rush (2013)

  • You may replace your head bandage.

    The Manchurian Candidate (1962)

  • Something similar has already happened in Europe, where the euro has replaced the national currencies.

    Academic text (1999)

  • In the Netherlands, the ELIAS computer information system has replaced paper medical records in some general practices.

    Academic text (1991)

  • Hard disks and magnetic tape have replaced the sheet of paper and the file cabinet.

    Academic text (1990)

  • I had to get my driver's license replaced, which meant trekking up Elston by bus.

    Fiction book (1990)

  • Most all of the effigy mounds have been plowed under, replaced by corn.

  • She decided to replace the broken window with a new one.

  • We need to replace the old light bulb with a brighter one.

Synonyms

to put back
vsto replace
886 1.0

Return something to the place where it was before

is the same idea but expressed as a common two-word phrase
to change
vsto replace
724 1.0

To give something and get something else of the same kind

means putting the same item back rather than getting a different one
to restore
vsto replace
335 3.5

Bring back a previous situation, function, or position

focuses on physical putting back rather than returning functions or situations
to reinstate
vsto replace
87 5.8

To return a person or thing to a previous position like a job

focuses on physical placement rather than prior status or condition
to reinsert
vsto replace
5 3.9

To put something back where it was

is identical in meaning but differs only in wording and form
to reimplant
vsto replace
  • Specialized
1 7.2

To put a device, tissue, or organ that was removed back into its original place

is the general action used outside medical or surgical contexts
to restitute
vsto replace
1 8.9

Make something like it was before or better

focuses on improving condition rather than simple physical placement

Antonyms

to remove
∞ 1.5

To move something or someone away from a place

How Restored

to restore
261 3.5
to replace
1 1.8
to return
877 1.0
to put back
886 1.0

Surface Forms

replace infinitive
replaced past
replaced past participle
replacing present participle
replaces third person singular

Morphology

replace = place (transparent) = re + place

In this sense, 'replace' straightforwardly means 'place again' or 'put back where it was'.

Etymology

The word replace comes from the parts re- meaning 'back' and place meaning 'place'. So, to replace something in this sense is to put it back where it belongs.