replacement
- noun
- /rɪˈpleɪsmənt/
- In addition to filter replacements, maintenance needs to be performed on any auxiliary systems.
- filter replacement
- equipment replacement
- income replacement
This is just going to be a natural process of replacement and displacement.
- This is just going to be a natural process of replacement and displacement.
- So let's start with the soft, the replacement of the hard with the soft.
- Well, the key element in joint replacement is longevity.
- Yet his condition was so unstable and we need to recalibrate his fluid replacement every two hours.
- What is happening to us in these replacement situations?
- And then from there you like replace the bias, like bias replacement.
- We're about to see, you know, replacements of of categories of jobs at large.
Examples
-
- Yeah, but I had major hip replacement surgery this year.
-
But I had to do a total knee replacement at 4:00.
-
This part was suggested as a maintenance replacement in January of 2011.
-
Remember to keep making at least the minimum payment on the replacement loan.
-
We'll have to resume once we get some replacement parts ordered.
-
My insurance won't cover a replacement.
-
We have a dozen smaller saws, but no replacement for the big one.
Fiction book (1990) -
The largest maintenance item of a filtration system is the replacement of the filters.
Academic text (2011) -
The technician performed a quick replacement of the broken part during the repair.
-
After the storm, we had to arrange a replacement for the damaged fence.
Synonyms
A change from one thing or person to another
To replace one thing or person with another
A delivery of more food, water, or equipment when things run low
Filling something again by giving more of what was used
The act of replacing one thing with another
Changing the order or position of things, for example swapping letters
Putting more of something into something that is almost empty, like a printer or water cooler
The act of using someone or something instead of another
Putting a new thing in the place of another, like a statue
An action that replaces a person or thing, often by force
Antonyms
Idioms
Compounds
- Specialized
A medical treatment that gives chemicals made by the body to women after menopause to reduce symptoms and bone loss
- Specialized
How much you pay now to buy a new item that does the same job as the old one
- Specialized
A treatment that gives hormones like estrogen to women after menopause to reduce hot flashes and bone loss
- Specialized
A medical treatment that gives body chemicals to transgender people to cause body changes matching their gender identity
How Thorough
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Replacement comes from the parts re- 'again' and place 'to put', so it can be remembered as 'putting something back' or putting a new thing in the same place. That's why replacement also means the action or process of putting a new thing in place or refilling something.