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substitutes

noun

Meaning

  1. A replacement or stand-in for something that achieves a similar result or purpose.
  2. A player who is available to replace another if the need arises, and who may or may not actually do so.
  3. One who enlists for military service in the place of a conscript.
  4. To use in place of something else, with the same function.
  5. (in the phrase "substitute X for Y") To use X in place of Y.
  6. (in the phrase "substitute X with/by Y") To use Y in place of X; to replace X with Y.
  7. To remove (a player) from the field of play and bring on another in his place.
  8. To serve as a replacement (for someone or something).
  9. A good that a consumer perceives as similar to another good, which decreases the demand for that other good

Etymology / origin

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Sources

  1. DictionaryAPI.dev English dictionary data
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