replaced

1. substitute a person or thing for (another that is broken or inefficient or lost or no longer working or yielding what is expected)Examples: "He replaced the old razor blade"; "We need to replace the secretary that left a month ago"; "the insurance will replace the lost income"Synonyms: replace

2. take the place or move into the position ofExamples: "Smith replaced Miller as CEO after Miller left"; "the computer has supplanted the slide rule"; "Mary replaced Susan as the team's captain and the highest-ranked player in the school"Synonyms: replace, supercede, supersede, supervene upon, supplant

3. put something back where it belongsExamples: "replace the book on the shelf after you have finished reading it"; "please put the clean dishes back in the cabinet when you have washed them"Synonyms: put back, replace

4. put in the place of another; switch seemingly equivalent itemsExamples: "the con artist replaced the original with a fake Rembrandt"; "substitute regular milk with fat-free milk"; "synonyms can be interchanged without a changing the context's meaning"Synonyms: exchange, interchange, replace, substitute