substitute
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Is substitute a Scrabble word?
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Definition
verb (English)
1. (transitive) To use in place of something else, with the same function.Examples: "I had no shallots so I substituted onion."transitive
2. (transitive, in the phrase "substitute X for Y") To use X in place of Y.Examples: "I had to substitute new parts for the old ones."transitive
3. (transitive, formerly proscribed, in the phrase "substitute X with/by Y") To use Y in place of X; to replace X with Y.Examples: "I had to substitute old parts with the new ones."Synonyms: exchangetransitive
4. (transitive, sports) To remove (a player) from the field of play and bring on another in his place.Examples: "He was playing poorly and was substituted after twenty minutes"; "Mario Balotelli replaced Tevez but his contribution was so negligible that he suffered the indignity of being substituted himself as time ran out, a development that encapsulated a wretched 90 minutes for City and boss Roberto Mancini."transitive
5. (intransitive) To serve as a replacement (for someone or something).Examples: "Accumulation of wealth by this route may substitute for personal saving."intransitive
noun (English)
1. (sports) A player who is available to replace another if the need arises, and who may or may not actually do so.Examples: "Dean Whitehead opened the scoring shortly after the break with a low finish and substitute Peter Crouch sealed the win with a tap-in."
2. (historical) One who enlists for military service in the place of a conscript.historical
3. (economics) Abbreviation of substitute good.abbreviationalt-of
Definition source: Wiktionary