Meaning

3 senses
  1. (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

  2. (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

  3. (countable, uncountable)The removal of an edge of crystal, by one plane or more.

Examples

72 sentences
  1. It'll be hard to find a replacement for Tom.

    Буде важко знайти заміну Тому.

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  2. It'll be difficult to find a replacement for Tom.

    Буде важко знайти заміну Тому.

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  3. Your replacement has already been picked.

    ruЧеловек на ваше место уже выбран.

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  4. Your replacement has already been chosen.

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  5. Tom may need a hip replacement.

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Translations

8 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
act of replacing:
Русский
By meaning 1
a person or thing that takes the place of another; a substitute:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
a person or thing that takes the place of another; a substitute:

Forms

plural: replacements
Singularreplacement
Pluralreplacements

regular

Synonyms

12 synonyms
Close in meaning

Word family

16 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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