replacement
A person or thing that takes the place of another; a substitute.
Noun
- 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...
- 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.
Origin
Etymology tree Proto-Italic *wre- Latin re-der. Old French re-bor. Middle English re- English re- English place English replace Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥ Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥tom Proto-Italic *-mentom Latin -mentum Old French -mentbor. Middle English -ment English -ment English replacement From replace + -ment.
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