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replace verb
Meaning : Substitute a person or thing for (another that is broken or inefficient or lost or no longer working or yielding what is expected).
Example :
He replaced the old razor blade.
We need to replace the secretary that left a month ago.
The insurance will replace the lost income.
This antique vase can never be replaced.
Meaning : Take the place or move into the position of.
Example :
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 : supersede, supervene upon, supplant
Meaning : Put something back where it belongs.
Example :
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
Meaning : Put in the place of another. Switch seemingly equivalent items.
Example :
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.
Synonyms : exchange, interchange, substitute
Replace meaning in Bengali (Bangla).