replace
To restore to a former place, position, condition, etcTo restore to a former place, position, condition, etc.; to put back.
» Tom will be difficult to replace.
Тома буде важко замінити.
Meaning
8 senses(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
(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.
(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
(transitive)To take over the position or role from.
take the place or move into the position of
(transitive)To take the place of; to be used instead of.
This security pass replaces the one you were given earlier.
(transitive)To demolish (a building) and build an updated form of that building in its place.
(rare, transitive)To place again.
(rare, transitive)To put in a new or different place.
put in the place of another; switch seemingly equivalent items
Examples
656 sentencesTom will be difficult to replace.
Тома буде важко замінити.
How are we going to find someone to replace Tom?
Яким чином ми знайдемо когось, хто замінить Тома?
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.
I'm not here to replace Tom.
Я тут не для того, щоб замінити Тома.
They can't replace you.
Вони не можуть замінити тебе.
deSie können euch nicht ersetzen.
Translations
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Forms
replaces, replacing, replaced, replacedSynonyms
8 synonyms- put something back where it belongs:put back
- put in the place of another; switch seemingly equivalent items:substituteinterchangeexchange
- take the place or move into the position of:supplantsupersedesupervene upon
Word family
14 related wordsLessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle
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