Pronunciaciones (3)
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/ɹɪˈpleɪs/
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/ɹɪˈplæɪs/
Notas de pronunciación
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ɹɪˈpleɪs
Verbo
To restore to a former place, position, condition, etc.; to put back.
Uso- transitivo
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When you've finished using the telephone, please replace the handset.
The earl...was replaced in his government.
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Network Rail doesn't expect the line through Carmont to open for around a month, as it faces the mammoth task of recovering the two power cars and four coaches from ScotRail's wrecked train, repairing bridge 325, stabilising earthworks around the landslip, and replacing the track.
To refund; to repay; to pay back.
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You can take what you need from the petty cash, but you must replace it tomorrow morning.
'Of course I should like to replace the damage,' said the delinquent.
To supply or substitute an equivalent with.
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I replaced my car with a newer model.
The batteries were dead so I replaced them.
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Next Wednesday, four women and 15 men on the Crown Nominations Commission will gather for two days of prayer and horsetrading to replace Rowan Williams as archbishop of Canterbury.
To take over the position or role from.
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Perplexed, Wheeler continues to play for a moment or two, keeping to his own internal time. But after another moment it becomes clear that something is wrong, something which everybody can see but him. He steals a glance up from his instrument, and finds that Luján is staring at him. In fact, every musician in the orchestra is staring at him, all of them wearing the same expression of stony, barely-contained ang— They've been replaced.
To take the place of; to be used instead of.
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This security pass replaces the one you were given earlier.
This duty of right intention does not replace or supersede the duty of consideration.
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So my love, I dare say to you / Let's hold on fast to a love that's really true / The thought of losing you could never be erased / The love that I once knew could never be replaced
To demolish (a building) and build an updated form of that building in its place.
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To place again.
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During the bench press, it is prohibited in any federation to lift your butt from contact with the bench after you have started a bona fide attempt to perform the lift. Once you unrack the bar and begin descending it to your chest, your butt must stay in contact with the bench until you replace the bar on the rack.
To put in a new or different place.
Uso- raro
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Verbo
substitute a person or thing for (another that is broken or inefficient or lost or no longer working or yielding what is expected)
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He replaced the old razor blade
We need to replace the secretary that left a month ago
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the insurance will replace the lost income
This antique vase can never be replaced
take the place or move into the position of
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Smith replaced Miller as CEO after Miller left
the computer has supplanted the slide rule
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Mary replaced Susan as the team's captain and the highest-ranked player in the school
put something back where it belongs
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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
put in the place of another; switch seemingly equivalent items
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the con artist replaced the original with a fake Rembrandt
substitute regular milk for fat-free milk
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synonyms can be interchanged without changing the context's meaning