REPLACE


Meaning of REPLACE in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ri-ˈplās ]

transitive verb

Date: 1595

1. : to restore to a former place or position

replace cards in a file

2. : to take the place of especially as a substitute or successor

3. : to put something new in the place of

replace a worn carpet

• re·place·able -ˈplā-sə-bəl adjective

• re·plac·er noun

Synonyms:

replace , displace , supplant , supersede mean to put out of a usual or proper place or into the place of another. replace implies a filling of a place once occupied by something lost, destroyed, or no longer usable or adequate

replaced the broken window

displace implies an ousting or dislodging

war had displaced thousands

supplant implies either a dispossessing or usurping of another's place, possessions, or privileges or an uprooting of something and its replacement with something else

was abruptly supplanted in her affections by another

supersede implies replacing a person or thing that has become superannuated, obsolete, or otherwise inferior

the new edition supersedes all previous ones

Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary.      Энциклопедический словарь английского языка Merriam Webster.