substitute

substitute
sub|sti|tute1 [ `sʌbstı,tut ] verb **
1. ) transitive to use something new or different instead of what is normally used:
Instead of using silicon, they have substituted a more flexible material.
substitute something for something: You can substitute chicken for beef if you don't like red meat.
The objective is to substitute real democratic politics for conflict and violence.
2. ) transitive to remove one thing and put something else in its place:
She suggested that we take out the word demand and substitute request.
substitute something for something: Police investigators substituted Palmer's bag for a similar one, then followed him to his hideout.
substitute something with something: Owing to the high insurance costs, the original painting has been substituted with a copy.
a ) often passive to replace a member of a sports team with another player during a game
3. ) intransitive substitute for to do someone else's job for a short period of time:
Mark will substitute for me tomorrow.
╾ sub|sti|tut|a|ble adjective
substitute
sub|sti|tute 2 [ `sʌbstı,tut ] noun count *
1. ) something that is used instead of something else:
We couldn't get cream, so we used yogurt as a substitute.
a milk/sugar/meat substitute
substitute for: a synthetic substitute for rubber
a ) only before noun used as a substitute:
a substitute form of energy
b ) something that people accept instead of something else, even though they know that it is not as good or as useful:
Rituals and superstitions may become a substitute for a religious life.
a poor/inadequate substitute: Of course a pet is a poor substitute for human companionship.
be no substitute for something (=to not be as good): Feeling sorry for someone is no substitute for love.
2. ) someone who does someone else's job temporarily
a ) a player who replaces another member of his or her team during a game
there is no substitute for something
used for saying that nothing else is good or useful enough to replace something:
There's no substitute for experience.

Usage of the words and phrases in modern English. 2013.

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