What part of speech is replace?

Replace can be categorized as a verb.

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Parts of speech

  • 1. replace is a verb, present, 1st person singular of replace (infinitive).
  • 2. replace is a verb (infinitive).

Inflections

Verb

What does replace mean?

Definitions

Verb

replace - substitute a person or thing for (another that is broken or inefficient or lost or no longer working or yielding what is expected); "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"
replace - put something back where it belongs; "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"
replace - take the place or move into the position of; "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"
replace - put in the place of another; switch seemingly equivalent items; "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"

Examples of replace

#   Sentence  
1. verb We need to replace the secretary that left a month ago.
2. verb The insurance will replace the lost income.
3. verb Replace the book on the shelf after you have finished reading it.
4. verb Hazim Al-Sha'lan, by the way, is the son of the late Sheikh of Al-Khaza'il in Diwaniya and has the potential to replace former information minister, M.S. Al-Sahaf, in his nonsensical media statements, which can be passed as jokes.
5. verb This would replace the paper copies you and your people are currently getting.
6. verb Joe asked that you fax the revised gtee wording that has been agreed (I believe it was our agreeing to reduce the claim period from 15 days down to 5) and the new l/c wording (drops the 2 day period to replace an l/c with a different bank if the first refuses to pay).
7. verb Remove your fingers from the existing grip and replace them with your new laser grip.
8. verb If you use this cage it's best to remove the wire shelves altogether and replace it with hammocks and the like.
9. verb I had Hom-Excel replace most of the windows in my Tampa residence three years ago.
10. verb They said it would be made exactly like the one I needed to replace.
11. verb He was going to operate and replace my bicuspid aortic valve due to critical aortic stenosis.
12. verb I'm very frustrated at this point- it would take all of 10 min for them to come by and replace the one board that is cracked (the crack is deep enough to stick a penny in it and it goes clear through) yet they do not want to take the time to bother with what once WAS a happy customer and has now become a dissatisfied customer.
13. verb I brought my car in on a Sunday to replace a shredded tire.
14. verb The following Friday, I returned with my car to go ahead and replace the other 3 tires, which were worn.
15. verb I look around but it's you I can't replace.
Sentence  
verb
We need to replace the secretary that left a month ago.
The insurance will replace the lost income.
Replace the book on the shelf after you have finished reading it.
Hazim Al-Sha'lan, by the way, is the son of the late Sheikh of Al-Khaza'il in Diwaniya and has the potential to replace former information minister, M.S. Al-Sahaf, in his nonsensical media statements, which can be passed as jokes.
This would replace the paper copies you and your people are currently getting.
Joe asked that you fax the revised gtee wording that has been agreed (I believe it was our agreeing to reduce the claim period from 15 days down to 5) and the new l/c wording (drops the 2 day period to replace an l/c with a different bank if the first refuses to pay).
Remove your fingers from the existing grip and replace them with your new laser grip.
If you use this cage it's best to remove the wire shelves altogether and replace it with hammocks and the like.
I had Hom-Excel replace most of the windows in my Tampa residence three years ago.
They said it would be made exactly like the one I needed to replace.
He was going to operate and replace my bicuspid aortic valve due to critical aortic stenosis.
I'm very frustrated at this point- it would take all of 10 min for them to come by and replace the one board that is cracked (the crack is deep enough to stick a penny in it and it goes clear through) yet they do not want to take the time to bother with what once WAS a happy customer and has now become a dissatisfied customer.
I brought my car in on a Sunday to replace a shredded tire.
The following Friday, I returned with my car to go ahead and replace the other 3 tires, which were worn.
I look around but it's you I can't replace.

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