replacing Meaning, Definition & Usage
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noun the act of furnishing an equivalent person or thing in the place of another
replacement.
- replacing the star will not be easy
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verb substitute a person or thing for (another that is broken or inefficient or lost or no longer working or yielding what is expected)
replace.
- He replaced the old razor blade
- We need to replace the secretary that left a month ago
- the insurance will replace the lost income
- This antique vase can never be replaced
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verb take the place or move into the position of
supercede; supplant; supersede; supervene upon; replace.
- Smith replaced Miller as CEO after Miller left
- the computer has supplanted the slide rule
- Mary replaced Susan as the team's captain and the highest-ranked player in the school
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verb put something back where it belongs
put back; replace.
- replace the book on the shelf after you have finished reading it
- please put the clean dishes back in the cabinet when you have washed them
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verb put in the place of another; switch seemingly equivalent items
interchange; exchange; substitute; replace.
- 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