replacement
A person or thing that takes the place of anotherA person or thing that takes the place of another; a substitute.
» It'll be hard to find a replacement for Tom.
Буде важко знайти заміну Тому.
Meaning
3 senses(countable, uncountable)A person or thing that takes the place of another; a substitute.
Ersatz, Ersatzspieler
заме́наzaména, замеще́ниеzameščénije
a person or thing that takes or can take the place of another
(countable, uncountable)The act of replacing something.
The replacement of that broken light-bulb will have to wait until I can buy a new one.
Ersatz
замі́наzamína
(countable, uncountable)The removal of an edge of crystal, by one plane or more.
Examples
72 sentencesIt'll be hard to find a replacement for Tom.
Буде важко знайти заміну Тому.
It'll be difficult to find a replacement for Tom.
Буде важко знайти заміну Тому.
Your replacement has already been picked.
ruЧеловек на ваше место уже выбран.
Your replacement has already been chosen.
Tom may need a hip replacement.
Translations
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Forms
plural: replacements| Singular | replacement |
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Synonyms
12 synonyms- the act of furnishing an equivalent person or thing in the place of another:replacing
- a person or thing that takes or can take the place of another:substitute
- a person who follows next in order:successor
- someone who takes the place of another person:surrogatealternate
- filling again by supplying what has been used up:refillingreplenishmentrenewal
- an event in which one thing is substituted for another:substitutionpermutationtranspositionswitch
Word family
16 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable