replacement — Dizionario inglese

Sostantivo

1. A person or thing that takes the place of another; a substitute.

   Uso

   • numerabile
   • non numerabile

   Esempi

   Altri esempi (1)

   Rovers lost keeper Robinson to a calf problem at half-time and his replacement Mark Bunn, making his Premier League debut, was immediately called into action - pushing away a vicious Peter Odemwingie drive at the near post.

2. The act of replacing something.

   Uso

   • numerabile
   • non numerabile

   Esempi

   The replacement of that broken light-bulb will have to wait until I can buy a new one.

3. The removal of an edge of crystal, by one plane or more.

   Uso

   • numerabile
   • non numerabile

Sostantivo

1. the act of furnishing an equivalent person or thing in the place of another

   Sinonimi

   replacing

   Termini più generali

   substitutionexchangecommutation

   Esempi

   replacing the star will not be easy

2. someone who takes the place of another person

   Sinonimi

   surrogatealternate

   Termini più generali

   stand-insubstitutereliefrelieverbackupfill-in

3. an event in which one thing is substituted for another

   Sinonimi

   substitutionpermutationtranspositionswitch

   Termini più generali

   variationfluctuation

   Esempi

   the replacement of lost blood by a transfusion of donor blood

4. a person or thing that takes or can take the place of another

   Sinonimi

   substitute

   Termini più generali

   equivalent

5. filling again by supplying what has been used up

   Sinonimi

   refillingreplenishmentrenewal

   Termini più generali

   filling

6. a person who follows next in order

   Sinonimi

   successor

   Termini più generali

   peerequalmatchcompeer

   Esempi

   he was President Lincoln's successor