The manager replaced two workers by a machine.
•Walter replaced his old lawn mower with a newer one.
Dictionary of American idioms. 2013.
replace — re‧place [rɪˈpleɪs] verb [transitive] 1. to start being used, doing a job etc instead of something or someone else: • The tax replaces a levy of 13.5% on manufactured goods. • He will be replaced as chief executive by the current finance director … Financial and business terms
replace — [ri plās′] vt. replaced, replacing 1. to place again; put back in a former or the proper place or position 2. to take the place of; supplant [workers replaced by automated equipment] 3. to provide a substitute or equivalent for [to replace a worn … English World dictionary
replace */*/*/ — UK [rɪˈpleɪs] / US verb [transitive] Word forms replace : present tense I/you/we/they replace he/she/it replaces present participle replacing past tense replaced past participle replaced 1) a) to get rid of someone or something, and to put a new… … English dictionary
replace — re|place [ rı pleıs ] verb transitive *** 1. ) to get rid of someone or something and put a new person or thing in their place: We ll have to replace all the furniture that was damaged in the flood. replace something with something: The plan is… … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
replace — verb 1) Eve replaced the receiver Syn: put back, return, restore Ant: remove 2) a new chairman came in to replace him Syn: take the place of, succeed, take over from, supersede; … Thesaurus of popular words
replace*/*/*/ — [rɪˈpleɪs] verb [T] 1) to get rid of someone or something and put a new person or thing in their place We ll have to replace all the furniture that was damaged in the flood.[/ex] The plan is to replace state funding with private money.[/ex] 2) to … Dictionary for writing and speaking English
replace — [[t]rɪple͟ɪs[/t]] ♦♦ replaces, replacing, replaced 1) VERB If one thing or person replaces another, the first is used or acts instead of the second. [V n] The council tax replaces the poll tax next April. [V n as n] ...the city lawyer who… … English dictionary
replace — /rI pleIs/ verb (T) 1 to start doing something instead of another person, or being used instead of another thing: I m replacing Sue on the team. | These PCs replace the old system network. 2 to remove someone from their job or something from its… … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
replace — re|place W1S2 [rıˈpleıs] v [T] 1.) to start doing something instead of another person, or start being used instead of another thing ▪ I m replacing Sue on the team. ▪ Lectures have replaced the old tutorial system. 2.) to remove someone from… … Dictionary of contemporary English
replace — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. t. put back; supplant, succeed, supersede; substitute; restore, return; move. See substitution. II (Roget s IV) v. 1. [To supply an equivalent] Syn. reestablish, reconstitute, replenish, refund,… … English dictionary for students
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