Replace — meaning, pronunciation & more

Definition

substitute a person or thing for (another that is broken or inefficient or lost or no longer working or yielding what is expected)

take the place or move into the position of

Pronunciation

🇺🇸American English

/ɹᵻplˈeɪs/

🇬🇧British English

/ɹɪplˈeɪs/

🇮🇳Indian English

/ɹɪplˈeɪs/

2 syllables Say it as /ɹᵻplˈeɪs/.

Examples

He replaced the old razor blade
We need to replace the secretary that left a month ago
the insurance will replace the lost income

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms

put back supercede supersede supplant supervene upon exchange interchange substitute

Parts of Speech

verb	substitute a person or thing for (another that is broken or inefficient or lost or no longer working or yielding what is expected) “He replaced the old razor blade”
verb	take the place or move into the position of “Smith replaced Miller as CEO after Miller left”
verb	put something back where it belongs “replace the book on the shelf after you have finished reading it”
verb	put in the place of another; switch seemingly equivalent items “the con artist replaced the original with a fake Rembrandt”

Word Forms

replacement	noun	someone who takes the place of another person
replacing	noun	the act of furnishing an equivalent person or thing in the place of another
supplanter	noun	one who wrongfully or illegally seizes and holds the place of another
supplanting	noun	act of taking the place of another especially using underhanded tactics
supersession	noun	act of replacing one person or thing by another especially one held to be superior
supersedure	noun	act of replacing one person or thing by another especially one held to be superior
substitute	noun	a person or thing that takes or can take the place of another
substitution	noun	an event in which one thing is substituted for another

Around the World

Europe

🇩🇪German

ersetzen

eine Person oder Sache ersetzen (eine andere, die kaputt oder ineffizient ist oder verloren geht oder nicht mehr funktioniert oder nicht mehr die erwartete Leistung erbringt)

🇫🇷French

remplacer

remplacer une personne ou une chose par (une autre qui est cassée ou inefficace ou perdue ou qui ne fonctionne plus ou ne donne plus ce qui est attendu)

🇪🇸Spanish

reemplazar

sustituir una persona o cosa por (otra que está rota o ineficiente o perdida o que ya no funciona o rinde lo que se espera)

🇮🇹Italian

sostituire

sostituire una persona o una cosa con (un'altra che è rotta o inefficiente o perduta o non funziona più o non dà ciò che ci si aspetta)

🇳🇱Dutch

vervangen

een persoon of ding vervangen door (een ander ding dat kapot is of inefficiënt of verloren is of niet meer werkt of oplevert wat verwacht wordt)

🇵🇹Portuguese

substituir

substituir uma pessoa ou coisa por (outra que está quebrada ou ineficiente ou perdida ou que não funciona mais ou rende o que é esperado)

🇷🇺Russian

заменять

заменить человека или вещь (другим, который сломан, неэффективен, потерян, больше не работает или не дает ожидаемого)

India

🇮🇳Hindi

प्रतिस्थापित करें

किसी व्यक्ति या चीज़ को प्रतिस्थापित करें (कोई अन्य जो टूटा हुआ या अक्षम है या खो गया है या अब काम नहीं कर रहा है या अपेक्षित परिणाम दे रहा है)

🇧🇩Bengali

প্রতিস্থাপন

একটি ব্যক্তি বা জিনিস প্রতিস্থাপন করুন (অন্য একটি যা ভাঙ্গা বা অদক্ষ বা হারিয়ে গেছে বা আর কাজ করছে না বা যা আশা করা যায় তা ফল দিচ্ছে)

🇮🇳Tamil

பதிலாக

ஒரு நபர் அல்லது பொருளுக்கு மாற்றாக

🇮🇳Telugu

భర్తీ చేయండి

ఒక వ్యక్తి లేదా వస్తువును ప్రత్యామ్నాయం చేయండి (మరొకటి విరిగిపోయిన లేదా అసమర్థమైన లేదా కోల్పోయిన లేదా ఇకపై పని చేయని లేదా ఆశించిన వాటిని అందించడం)

🇮🇳Marathi

बदला

एखादी व्यक्ती किंवा वस्तू (दुसरी जी तुटलेली किंवा अकार्यक्षम आहे किंवा हरवलेली आहे किंवा यापुढे काम करत नाही किंवा अपेक्षित आहे ते देत नाही) बदला.

🇮🇳Gujarati

બદલો

વ્યક્તિ અથવા વસ્તુને બદલો (બીજી જે તૂટેલી અથવા બિનકાર્યક્ષમ અથવા ખોવાઈ ગઈ છે અથવા હવે કામ કરતી નથી અથવા અપેક્ષિત છે તે ઉપજ આપતી નથી)

🇮🇳Kannada

ಬದಲಿಗೆ

ಒಬ್ಬ ವ್ಯಕ್ತಿ ಅಥವಾ ವಸ್ತುವಿಗೆ ಪರ್ಯಾಯವಾಗಿ

🇮🇳Malayalam

മാറ്റിസ്ഥാപിക്കുക

ഒരു വ്യക്തിയെയോ വസ്തുവിനെയോ പകരം വയ്ക്കുക (തകർന്നതോ കാര്യക്ഷമമല്ലാത്തതോ നഷ്ടപ്പെട്ടതോ ഇനി പ്രവർത്തിക്കാത്തതോ പ്രതീക്ഷിക്കുന്നതോ ആയ മറ്റൊന്ന്)

🇮🇳Punjabi

ਬਦਲੋ

ਕਿਸੇ ਵਿਅਕਤੀ ਜਾਂ ਚੀਜ਼ ਨੂੰ ਬਦਲੋ (ਕੋਈ ਹੋਰ ਜੋ ਟੁੱਟਿਆ ਜਾਂ ਅਯੋਗ ਜਾਂ ਗੁਆਚ ਗਿਆ ਹੈ ਜਾਂ ਹੁਣ ਕੰਮ ਨਹੀਂ ਕਰ ਰਿਹਾ ਜਾਂ ਉਮੀਦ ਕੀਤੀ ਜਾ ਰਹੀ ਹੈ)

🇵🇰Urdu

تبدیل کریں

کسی شخص یا چیز کو تبدیل کریں (کوئی دوسرا جو ٹوٹا ہوا یا ناکارہ ہے یا کھو گیا ہے یا اب کام نہیں کر رہا ہے یا جس کی توقع کی جا رہی ہے)

East & Southeast Asia

🇨🇳Chinese

代替

替换一个人或事物（另一个损坏或低效或丢失或不再工作或产生预期效果的人或事物）

🇯🇵Japanese

交換する

人や物を（壊れた、非効率的、紛失した、あるいは機能しなくなった、または期待どおりの効果を発揮しない別のもの）の代わりに使用する

🇰🇷Korean

바꾸다

(망가졌거나 비효율적이거나 분실되었거나 더 이상 작동하지 않거나 기대한 결과를 산출하지 못하는 다른 것)을 사람이나 물건으로 대체하다

🇻🇳Vietnamese

thay thế

thay thế một người hoặc vật cho (một cái khác bị hỏng hoặc không hiệu quả hoặc bị mất hoặc không còn hoạt động hoặc mang lại kết quả như mong đợi)

🇹🇭Thai

แทนที่

ทดแทนบุคคลหรือสิ่งของ (สิ่งอื่นที่พังหรือไร้ประสิทธิภาพหรือสูญหายหรือไม่ทำงานอีกต่อไปหรือทำตามที่คาดหวัง)

🇮🇩Indonesian

mengganti

menggantikan seseorang atau sesuatu (yang lain rusak atau tidak efisien atau hilang atau tidak lagi berfungsi atau menghasilkan apa yang diharapkan)

🇵🇭Filipino

palitan

palitan ang isang tao o bagay para sa (isa pang sira o hindi epektibo o nawala o hindi na gumagana o nagbubunga ng inaasahan)

🇲🇾Malay

menggantikan

menggantikan seseorang atau benda (lain yang rosak atau tidak cekap atau hilang atau tidak lagi berfungsi atau menghasilkan apa yang diharapkan)

Middle East

🇸🇦Arabic

يستبدل

استبدال شخص أو شيء بـ (آخر مكسور أو غير فعال أو مفقود أو لم يعد يعمل أو يحقق ما هو متوقع)

🇮🇷Persian

جایگزین کنید

جایگزین کردن شخص یا چیزی برای (شخصی که شکسته یا ناکارآمد است یا گم شده یا دیگر کار نمی کند یا آنچه مورد انتظار است را به ارمغان می آورد)

🇹🇷Turkish

yer değiştirmek

bir kişinin veya şeyin yerine geçmek (kırılan, verimsiz veya kaybolan veya artık çalışmayan veya bekleneni vermeyen bir başkasının)

🇮🇱Hebrew

לְהַחלִיף

להחליף אדם או דבר (אחר שהוא שבור או לא יעיל או אבד או לא עובד עוד או מניב את המצופה)

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What is the primary definition of the word 'replace'?

The primary meaning of 'replace' is 'substitute a person or thing for (another that is broken or inefficient or lost or no longer working or yielding what is expected)'.

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Using 'replace' in a noun/adjective form makes the first sentence correct.

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'replace' is a standard word used primarily in general literature and formal communications.

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