Meaning

5 senses
  1. (transitive)To use in place of something else, with the same function.

    I had no shallots so I substituted onion.

    ersetzen

    заменя́тьzamenjátʹ, замени́тьzamenítʹ, замеща́тьzameščátʹ

    заміня́тиzaminjáty

  2. (transitive)To use X in place of Y.

    I had to substitute new parts for the old ones.

  3. (transitive)To use Y in place of X; to replace X with Y.

    I had to substitute old parts with the new ones.

  4. (transitive)To remove (a player) from the field of play and bring on another in his place.

    He was playing poorly and was substituted after twenty minutes

    auswechseln

    put in the place of another; switch seemingly equivalent items

  5. (intransitive)To serve as a replacement (for someone or something).

Examples

128 sentences
  1. There's no substitute for experience.

    Ніщо не може замінити досвід.

    ruОпыт ничто не заменит.

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  2. There's no substitute.

    Заміни немає.

    ruТам нет никакой замены.

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  3. Perhaps we could find a substitute.

    ruВозможно, мы могли бы найти замену.

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  4. You can't substitute money for health.

    ruЗдоровье деньгами не заменишь.

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  5. Tom works as a substitute teacher.

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Translations

8 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
to use in place of something else:
Русский
By meaning 1
to use in place of something else:
Deutsch
By meaning 2
to use in place of something else:
sports: to remove from the field and bring on another player:

Origin

From Middle English substituten, from Latin substitutus, past participle of substituō, fro

From Middle English substituten, from Latin substitutus, past participle of substituō, from sub- (“under; beneath”) + statuō (“to put up; establish”). Displaced native Old English spala (“a substitute”) and spelian (“to substitute”).

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Forms

substitutes, substituting, substituted, substituted
Base formsubstitute · to substitute
3rd person singularsubstitutes
Present participlesubstituting
Past simplesubstituted
Past participlesubstituted

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theysubstitute
he, she, itsubstitutes

Past simpleLesson

all personssubstituted

Present perfectLesson

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

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill substitute

Synonyms

10 synonyms
to replace X with Y:exchangeB1
Close in meaning

Word family

26 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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