Толковый словарь английского языка - substitute
Substitute
substitute
I. noun see: statute Date: 15th century a person or thing that takes the place or function of another, ~ adjective II. verb (-tuted; -tuting) Date: circa 1594 transitive verb 1. to put or use in the place of another, to introduce (an atom or group) as a substituent, to take the place of ; replace , intransitive verb to serve as a ~
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n. & v. --n. 1 a (also attrib.) a person or thing acting or serving in place of another. b an artificial alternative to a natural substance (butter substitute). 2 Sc. Law a deputy. --v. 1 intr. & tr. (often foll. by for) act or cause to act as a substitute; put or serve in exchange (substituted for her mother; substituted it for the broken one). 2 tr. (usu. foll. by by, with) colloq. replace (a person or thing) with another. 3 tr. Chem. replace (an atom or group in a molecule) with another. Derivatives substitutable adj. substitutability n. substitution n. substitutional adj. substitutionary adj. substitutive adj. Etymology: ME f. L substitutus past part. of substituere (as SUB-, statuere set up) ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
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