Substitute (Verb)
Meaning 1
Be a substitute; "The young teacher had to substitute for the sick colleague"; "The skim milk substitutes for cream--we are on a strict diet".
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Verbs of buying, selling, owning.
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Meaning 2
Put in the place of another; switch seemingly equivalent items; "the con artist replaced the original with a fake Rembrandt"; "substitute regular milk for fat-free milk"; "synonyms can be interchanged without a changing the context's meaning".
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Verbs of buying, selling, owning.
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Meaning 3
Act as a substitute; "She stood in for the soprano who suffered from a cold".
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Verbs of political and social activities and events.