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  • 21replace — verb 1) Eve replaced the receiver Syn: put back, return, restore Ant: remove 2) a new chairman came in to replace him Syn: take the place of, succeed, take over from, supersede; …

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  • 22replace*/*/*/ — [rɪˈpleɪs] verb [T] 1) to get rid of someone or something and put a new person or thing in their place We ll have to replace all the furniture that was damaged in the flood.[/ex] The plan is to replace state funding with private money.[/ex] 2) to …

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  • 23replace — re•place [[t]rɪˈpleɪs[/t]] v. t. placed, plac•ing 1) to assume the function of; substitute for: to replace gas lights with electric lights[/ex] 2) to provide a substitute for: to replace a broken dish[/ex] 3) to return; make good: to replace… …

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  • 24replace — verb a) To restore to a former place, position, condition, or the like. When youve finished using the telephone, please replace the handset. b) To refund; to repay; to restore; …

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  • 25replace — v. (D; tr.) to replace by, with * * * [rɪ pleɪs] with (D; tr.) to replace by …

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  • 26replace — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. t. put back; supplant, succeed, supersede; substitute; restore, return; move. See substitution. II (Roget s IV) v. 1. [To supply an equivalent] Syn. reestablish, reconstitute, replenish, refund,… …

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  • 27replace — /rəˈpleɪs / (say ruh plays) verb (t) (replaced, replacing) 1. to fill or take the place of; substitute for (a person or thing): electricity has replaced gas as a means of illumination. 2. to provide a substitute or equivalent in the place of: to… …

  • 28replace — v 1. succeed, supplant, supply, supersede, follow or follow after, come after; substitute for, Inf. sub for, subrogate, act for, fill in for, fill or take the place of, double for, cover for, stand in lieu of, Inf. step into [s.o. s] shoes, Inf.… …

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  • 29replace — verb 1) Adam replaced the receiver Syn: put back, return, restore 2) a new chairman came in to replace him Syn: take the place of, succeed, take over from, supersede, stand in for, substitute for, deputize for …

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  • 30replace with — index displace (replace) Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …

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