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How to use replacement in a sentence

40 example sentences · noun

Replacement means a person or thing that takes the place of another; a substitute. Example: “The replacement of that broken light-bulb will have to wait until I can buy a new one.”

Examples of replacement by meaning

nounA 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

nounThe act of replacing something.

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

More sentences with replacement

  • Mr. Jones will assume the position of a lifeguard until a proper replacement is found.From the entry assume
  • Sally was put in temporary charge of the department while they searched for a full-time replacement.From the entry temporary
  • The replacement string should have the same casing as the matched text.From the entry casing
  • He's a last-minute replacement. After today, they'd have had to play with the original roster.From the entry last-minute
  • I need a replacement cartridge but I can't find a stockist.From the entry stockist
  • The part had an abradable coating the removal of which signified that replacement was necessary.From the entry abradable
  • Return the damaged goods to the warehouse for a free replacement.From the entry damaged goods
  • Trans women often undergo hormone replacement therapy using estrogens and antiandrogens.From the entry hormone replacement therapy
  • Elderly women can use estrogenic hormone replacement therapy to alleviate postmenopausal symptoms.From the entry hormone replacement therapy
  • In most industrialized countries the fertility rate has dropped well below replacement rate.From the entry fertility rate
  • I’ll absorb the charge for the window replacement.From the entry absorb
  • You should consult the applicable lemon laws and see if you have grounds for a return or replacement.From the entry lemon law
  • Total hip replacement is a surgical procedure in which the hip joint is replaced with an artificial one.From the entry hip joint
  • The theme of treatment failure of previous treatments plus continuing impairment (pain and poor function) appears among the indications for many types of joint replacement surgery.From the entry indication
  • He called the contractor and ordered a replacement headstone with a new inscription.2020, Akwaeke Emezi, The Death of Vivek Oji, Faber & Faber Ltd, page 227. From the entry headstone
  • Repairs or replacement of rainwater downpipes and hoppers, clearing out and renewal of weep holes.2020 May 20, Philip Haigh, “Ribblehead: at the heart of the S&C's survival and its revival: Ribblehead Viaduct repairs”, in Rail, page 27. From the entry weephole
  • “Wakey Brother Monster,” he said to Rose as he spread his replacement piece of toast.2016, W S Markendale, Owen Pendragon: Guild of the Round Table. From the entry wakey
  • This replacement represents the transition from the xenylamines and fluorenamines to the aminophenanthrenes.2016, Joseph C. Arcos, Mary F. Argus, Chemical Induction of Cancer, page 62. From the entry xenylamine
  • Will he stick with cartoonishly cardiganed replacement bro Jerry (Tim Key), or let Jez come home?2015 November 11, Ali Catterall, “Wednesday’s best TV: The Nation’s Favourite Beatles Number One; The Apprentice; Peep Show; Josh”, in The…. From the entry cartoonishly
  • This means that the fibrant replacement functor does not preserve the causal structure.2015, Philippe Gaucher, “About the choice of cofibrations of higher dimensional transition systems”, in arXiv. From the entry fibrant
  • West Bromwich Albion, searching for a replacement for Roy Hodgson, are firm admirers.2012 May 9, John Percy, “Birmingham City 2 Blackpool 2 (2-3 on agg): match report”, in the Telegraph. From the entry firm
  • Hammer agreed that stearic acid in a body wash should be “helpful for moisturization and lipid replacement.”2009 October 1, Hilary Howard, “New Ways to Moisturize for Less”, in New York Times. From the entry moisturization
  • Quantum-resistant replacements will have to be found for public-key cryptography and for Diffie-Hellman key agreement.2009 July, Alan Mink, Sheila Frankel, Ray Perlner, “Quantum Key Distribution (QKD) and Commodity Security Protocols: Introduction and…. From the entry quantum-resistant
  • When using random-number generators, be aware of whether they provide samples with replacement or samples without replacement.2008, Neil A. Weiss, “[The Nature of Statistics] Simple Random Sampling”, in Introductory Statistics (A Custom Edition for Rio Salado…. From the entry random-number generator
  • Some politicians tried to encourage this replacement of the red with a green menace.2006, Benjamin Soares, Muslim-Christian encounters in Africa, page 11. From the entry green
  • Shared obsolescences can be of some significance when connected with a functional replacement.2005, Joseph Harold Greenberg, William Croft, Genetic Linguistics. From the entry obsolescence
  • Despite his relative experience, Flannery’s name has come up as a replacement for Padre Manager Jim Riggleman.1994 June 18, John Weyler, “Rancho Cucamonga’s Flannery Approaches Job with a Passion”, in Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles, Calif.: Los…. From the entry aye, aye
  • These new features are charizing, stringization, token concatenation, string concatenation, trigraph replacement, and predefined macros.1993, Mark Andrews, Visual C++ Object-oriented Programming, page 186. From the entry predefined
  • Caterpillar's main strikebreaking tactic had been to advertise for permanent replacements.1992 April 27, “Bulldozing the U.A.W.”, in Time. From the entry strikebreaking
  • With the analyst, Joan was searching for a worthy, unseatable replacement for her parents.1987 February, Moshe Halevi Spero, “Identity and Individuality in the Nouveau-Religious Patient: Theoretical and Clinical Aspects”, in…. From the entry unseatable
  • The high proportion of ‘doddards’ shows the lack of replacement, caused by the grazing.1987, Phil Colebourn, Bob Gibbons, Britain’s Natural Heritage: Reading Our Countryside’s Past, London: Book Club Associates, →OCLC, page…. From the entry doddard
  • If I don't have replacements I'll never go to him again.1986, John le Carré, A Perfect Spy. From the entry subvention
  • Successful surgical treatment of two patients with a porcelain aorta requiring aortic valve replacement is reported.1986 February 1, Coselli JS, Crawford ES, “Aortic valve replacement in the patient with extensive calcification of the ascending aorta…. From the entry porcelain aorta
  • The bourgeoisie was interested in the Europeanization of Russia and the replacement of absolutism by liberal institutions.1978 [1976], Leszek Kołakowski, translated by P[aul] S[teven] Falla, Main Currents of Marxism, volume II: The Golden Age, Oxford…. From the entry Europeanisation
  • THE FRONT DOORS OF MY STOVE HAD WINDOWS of isinglass (mica) which needed replacement.1976 September, Don Yule, “Cooking and Eating the 19th Century Way”, in The Old-House Journal, volume IV, number 9, [Brooklyn, N.Y.]…. From the entry isinglass
  • Clause 4 deals with the form, validity and replacement of a lost licence.1970, Isle of Man. Tynwald. Legislative Council, The Times Reports of Debates in the Manx Legislature, page C-103. From the entry misdraft
  • Replacive conjuncts indicate that what is being said is a replacement for what has been said before.1969, Sidney Greenbaum, Studies in English adverbial usage. From the entry replacive
  • Replacements may be drawn from the outside ("an outside man") or from within the organization.1968, Barney G. Glaser, Organizational Careers, Transaction Publishers, →ISBN, page 23. From the entry outside

Meaning of replacement

  1. noun A person or thing that takes the place of another; a substitute.
  2. noun The act of replacing something.
  3. noun The removal of an edge of crystal, by one plane or more.

Full definition of replacement

Questions about replacement in a sentence

How do you use replacement in a sentence?
Replacement is used as a noun. For example: “The replacement of that broken light-bulb will have to wait until I can buy a new one.”
What is a short sentence with replacement?
“I’ll absorb the charge for the window replacement.”
What does replacement mean?
Replacement means a person or thing that takes the place of another; a substitute.

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