replacement
/ɹɪˈpleɪsmənt/
replacement noun: a person or thing that takes the place of another; a substitute.
Noun
replacement (countable and uncountable, plural replacements)
- A person or thing that takes the place of another; a substitute.
- 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.2010 December 28, Kevin Darlin, “West Brom 1 - 3 Blackburn”, in BBC
- The act of replacing something.
- The replacement of that broken light-bulb will have to wait until I can buy a new one.
- The removal of an edge of crystal, by one plane or more.
replacement meaning in Tamil, Urdu, Bengali and Malayalam
replacement in Tamil
- மாற்று, மாற்று வைப்பு, மாற்றமர்வு, மாற்றமர்வாளர், பதிலி, பகரம்
replacement in Urdu
- بدلہ, عوض
replacement in Bengali
- প্রতিস্থাপন
replacement in Malayalam
- successor, substitute, stand-in
- പകരക്കാരൻ, സ്ഥാനാപന്നൻ, പിൻഗാമി, ബതൽ, ബദൽ, വതലാളൻ
- renewal, replacing
- പുതുക്കൽ, നവീകരണം, പ്രതിനിധാനം, ഒന്നിനു പകരം മറ്റൊന്നു വയ്ക്കൽ, മാറ്റൽ, മാറ്റിവയ്ക്കൽ
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- replacement in Kannada
- ಮಾರ್ಪು, ಮಾರಾಳು, ಬದಲಿ ತರುವಿಕೆ, ಬಳಸುವಿಕೆ
- replacement in Punjabi
- وٹاندرا vaṭāṉdrā
- replacement in Tagalog
- palitambal
- replacement in Indonesian
- pengganti, penggantian
Examples of replacement in a sentence
- Mr. Jones will assume the position of a lifeguard until a proper replacement is found.
- Sally was put in temporary charge of the department while they searched for a full-time replacement.
- The replacement string should have the same casing as the matched text.
Forms of replacement
| plural | replacements |
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Origin of replacement
From replace + -ment.
Words formed from replacement
- blood replacement
- bus replacement service
- double-replacement reaction
- double replacement reaction
- energy replacement time
- Great Replacement
- great replacement theory
- hip replacement
- hormone replacement therapy
- hormone-replacement therapy
- language replacement
- neuroreplacement
- nonreplacement
- overreplacement
- rail replacement service
- replacement character
- replacement depot
- replacement theology
- replacement theory
- subreplacement
- there is no replacement for displacement
- underreplacement
- value over replacement player
- white replacement theory
Phrases with replacement
Words that rhyme with replacement
Questions about replacement
- What does replacement mean?
- Replacement means a person or thing that takes the place of another; a substitute.
- What is replacement in Tamil?
- Replacement in Tamil is மாற்று, மாற்று வைப்பு, மாற்றமர்வு. See Replacement meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is replacement?
- Replacement is a noun.
- How do you pronounce replacement?
- Replacement is pronounced /ɹɪˈpleɪsmənt/.
- What is the plural of replacement?
- The plural of replacement is replacements.
Words near replacement in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: replacement (page history and authors); replacement (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); replacement (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); replacement (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); replacement (Olam, E.K. Kurup corpus) (dataset and license); replacement (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); وٹاندرا (Punjabi) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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