to surrogate
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6.8
- verb
- /ˈsɜrəɡət/
- The agency promised to help those who wished to surrogate for couples unable to have children.
Examples
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I have briefly considered that if I do decide not to have children, perhaps I could surrogate, but I'm still hoping that something will click. I can see that a life without children could be unfulfilling, but I equally feel intense fear that I do not want my life to become toys and tantrums.
Blog text (28) -
Many women choose to surrogate for others as a way to support families in need.
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He'd had artificial this, virtual that, and surrogate the other all his life.
Fiction book (2000) -
If you'll allow me, infini, I will surrogate for a sec:
Blog text (2) -
I don't think I would ever want to donate my eggs for money, nor would I be willing to surrogate a child or donate bone marrow.
Blog text (27) -
In other words, an opportunity to surrogate cues missing from face-to-face communication in a way that compensates for the decreased information flows in the computer-mediated communication channel would be useful.
Academic text (1992) -
She decided to surrogate after discussing it with her family and friends.
Synonyms
∞
1.8
Put another thing or person in place of one that is broken
108
3.3
Do someone else's job for a short time
45
3.5
To take someone else's place for a short time
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3.2
To take someone's place for a short time
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5.8
To take someone's place for a short time
Compounds
How Substitutive
Surface Forms
Etymology
Surrogate comes from Latin parts sub- ('in place of') and rogare ('to ask'), which gives the sense of being chosen to stand in. To surrogate someone is to act as their substitute or to take their place.