substitute

Pronunciation: /ˈsʌb.stɪ.tʃuːt/

The English word “substitute” has 9 meanings listed here.

verb

To use in place of something else, with the same function.
To use X in place of Y.
To use Y in place of X; to replace X with Y.
To remove (a player) from the field of play and bring on another in his place.
To serve as a replacement (for someone or something).

noun

A replacement or stand-in for something that achieves a similar result or purpose.
A substitute teacher.
A player who is available to replace another if the need arises, and who may or may not actually do so.
One who enlists for military service in the place of a conscript.

Etymology

From Middle English substituten, from Latin substitutus, past participle of substituō, from sub- (“under; beneath”) + statuō (“to put up; establish”). Displaced native Old English spala (“a substitute”) and spelian (“to substitute”).

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