English dictionary
replacement
nounPronunciation
ɹɪˈpleɪsmənt
Audio pronunciation
Parts of speech
Definitions
noun
- the act of furnishing an equivalent person or thing in the place of another
noun
- a person or thing that takes or can take the place of another
noun
- an event in which one thing is substituted for another
noun
- a person who follows next in order
noun
- someone who takes the place of another person
noun
- filling again by supplying what has been used up
Example sentences
replacing the star will not be easy
the replacement of lost blood by a transfusion of donor blood
he was President Lincoln's successor