Meaning

8 senses
  1. (transitive)To restore to a former place, position, condition, etc.; to put back.

    When you've finished using the telephone, please replace the handset.

    zurückstellen

    put something back where it belongs

  2. (transitive)To refund; to repay; to pay back.

    You can take what you need from the petty cash, but you must replace it tomorrow morning.

  3. (transitive)To supply or substitute an equivalent with.

    I replaced my car with a newer model.

    The batteries were dead so I replaced them.

    ersetzen

    заменя́тьzamenjátʹ, замени́тьzamenítʹ, замеща́тьzameščátʹ

    заміня́тиzaminjáty, заміни́тиzaminýty, замі́нюватиzamínjuvaty

  4. (transitive)To take over the position or role from.

    take the place or move into the position of

  5. (transitive)To take the place of; to be used instead of.

    This security pass replaces the one you were given earlier.

  6. (transitive)To demolish (a building) and build an updated form of that building in its place.

  7. (rare, transitive)To place again.

  8. (rare, transitive)To put in a new or different place.

    put in the place of another; switch seemingly equivalent items

Examples

656 sentences
  1. Tom will be difficult to replace.

    Тома буде важко замінити.

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  2. How are we going to find someone to replace Tom?

    Яким чином ми знайдемо когось, хто замінить Тома?

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  3. I still think it's unlikely that we'll ever find someone to replace Tom.

    Я досі думаю, що ми навряд чи колись знайдемо когось, хто замінить Тома.

    ruЯ по-прежнему считаю, что мы вряд ли когда-нибудь найдём Тому замену.

    deIch halte es noch immer für unwahrscheinlich, daß wir jemals jemanden finden werden, der Tom ersetzen kann.

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  4. I'm not here to replace Tom.

    Я тут не для того, щоб замінити Тома.

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  5. They can't replace you.

    Вони не можуть замінити тебе.

    deSie können euch nicht ersetzen.

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Translations

8 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
to supply or substitute an equivalent for:
Русский
By meaning 1
to supply or substitute an equivalent for:
Deutsch
By meaning 2
to restore or return to a previous location:
to supply or substitute an equivalent for:

Forms

replaces, replacing, replaced, replaced
Base formreplace · to replace
3rd person singularreplaces
Present participlereplacing
Past simplereplaced
Past participlereplaced

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theyreplace
he, she, itreplaces

Past simpleLesson

all personsreplaced

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave replaced
he, she, ithas replaced

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill replace

Synonyms

8 synonyms
to supply or substitute an equivalent for:exchangeB1
Close in meaning

Word family

14 related words

Collocations

7 patterns
  • someone to replace
  • somebody to replace
  • to be replaced
  • can't be replaced
  • to replace the
  • going to replace
  • need to replace

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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