replace
Pronunciation: /ɹɪˈpleɪs/
The English word “replace” has 8 meanings listed here.
verb
- To restore to a former place, position, condition, etc.; to put back.
- To refund; to repay; to pay back.
- To supply or substitute an equivalent with.
- To take over the position or role from.
- To take the place of; to be used instead of.
- To demolish (a building) and build an updated form of that building in its place.
- To place again.
- To put in a new or different place.
Etymology
From re- + place.
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