/ɹiplejˈsmʌnts/ - [reepleysmunts] -
We found 3 definitions of replacements from 2 different sources.
NounPlural: replacements |
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replacement - the act of furnishing an equivalent person or thing in the place of another; "replacing the star will not be easy" | ||
replacing | ||
substitution, commutation, exchange the act of putting one thing or person in the place of another: "he sent Smith in for Jones but the substitution came too late to help" | ||
novation (law) the replacement of one obligation by another by mutual agreement of both parties; usually the replacement of one of the original parties to a contract with the consent of the remaining party | ||
pitching change replacing a pitcher in baseball | ||
supersedure, supersession act of replacing one person or thing by another especially one held to be superior | ||
replacement - a person or thing that takes or can take the place of another | ||
substitute | ||
equivalent the atomic weight of an element that has the same combining capacity as a given weight of another element; the standard is 8 for oxygen | ||
ersatz an artificial or inferior substitute or imitation | ||
successor a thing or person that immediately replaces something or someone | ||
replacement - an event in which one thing is substituted for another; "the replacement of lost blood by a transfusion of donor blood" | ||
substitution, permutation, transposition, switch | ||
fluctuation, variation the quality of being unsteady and subject to changes; "he kept a record of price fluctuations" | ||
replacement - someone who takes the place of another person | ||
surrogate, alternate | ||
backup man, fill-in, stand-in, reliever, substitute, backup, relief someone who takes the place of another (as when things get dangerous or difficult); "the star had a stand-in for dangerous scenes"; "we need extra employees for summer fill-ins" | ||
replacement - filling again by supplying what has been used up | ||
refilling, replenishment, renewal | ||
filling the act of filling something | ||
replacement - a person who follows next in order; "he was President Lincoln's successor" | ||
successor | ||
compeer, equal, peer, match a person who is of equal standing with another in a group |