replace 2

verbdomain: v society

Princeton WordNet [ver.3.1]

English

Definition

take the place or move into the position of

Examples

1.Smith replaced Miller as CEO after Miller left
2.Mary replaced Susan as the team's captain and the highest-ranked player in the school
3.the computer has supplanted the slide rule

Derivationally related form

noun

the act of furnishing an equivalent person or thing in the place of another

noun

the act of furnishing an equivalent person or thing in the place of another

noun

a person or thing that takes or can take the place of another

noun

someone who takes the place of another person

Hyponym

verb

act as a substitute

verb

take the place of or have precedence over

verb

take the place of

verb

remove and replace

Verb_Group

verb

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

verb

put something back where it belongs