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noun : SUBSTITUTES
Source:WordNet 3.1
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1. (
) a person or thing that takes or can take the place of another ;
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2. (
) an athlete who plays only when a starter on the team is replaced ;
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3. (
) 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" ;
verb : SUBSTITUTES
Source:WordNet 3.1
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1. (
) put in the place of another; switch seemingly equivalent items; "the con artist replaced the original with a fake Rembrandt"; "substitute regular milk for fat-free milk"; "synonyms can be interchanged without a changing the context's meaning" ;
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2. (
) be a substitute; "The young teacher had to substitute for the sick colleague"; "The skim milk substitutes for cream;
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3. (
) act as a substitute; "She stood in for the soprano who suffered from a cold" ;
Adjective : SUBSTITUTES
Source:WordNet 3.1
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1. (
) capable of substituting in any of several positions on a team; "a utility infielder" ;
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2. (
) serving or used in place of another; "an alternative plan" ;
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3. (
) artificial and inferior; "ersatz coffee"; "substitute coffee" ;
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