transcription, транскрипция: [ rɪpleɪs ]
( replaces, replacing, replaced)
Frequency: The word is one of the 1500 most common words in English.
1.
If one thing or person replaces another, the first is used or acts instead of the second.
The council tax replaces the poll tax next April.
...the city lawyer who replaced Bob as chairman of the company...
The smile disappeared to be replaced by a doleful frown.
VERB : V n , V n as n , be V-ed with/by n
2.
If you replace one thing or person with another, you put something or someone else in their place to do their job.
I clean out all the grease and replace it with oil so it works better in very low temperatures...
The BBC decided it could not replace her.
VERB : V n with/by n , V n
3.
If you replace something that is broken, damaged, or lost, you get a new one to use instead.
The shower that we put in a few years back has broken and we cannot afford to replace it.
VERB : V n
4.
If you replace something, you put it back where it was before.
The line went dead. Whitlock replaced the receiver...
Replace the caps on the bottles.
VERB : V n , V n prep