replace

== English == === Etymology === From re- + place. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ɹɪˈpleɪs/ (Australian) IPA(key): /ɹɪˈplæɪs/ Rhymes: -eɪs === Verb === replace (third-person singular simple present replaces, present participle replacing, simple past and past participle replaced) (transitive) To restore to a former place, position, condition, etc.; to put back. (transitive) To refund; to repay; to pay back. (transitive) To supply or substitute an equivalent with. (transitive) To take over the position or role from. (transitive) To take the place of; to be used instead of. (transitive) To demolish (a building) and build an updated form of that building in its place. (transitive, rare) To place again. (transitive, rare) To put in a new or different place. ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Synonyms ==== (to supply or substitute an equivalent for): exchange, swap; See also Thesaurus:switch ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === See also === eliminate === References === “replace”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC. === Anagrams === percale == French == === Verb === replace inflection of replacer: first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive second-person singular imperative