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Meaning of substitute

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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:

  substitute
      adj 1: capable of substituting in any of several positions on a
             team; "a utility infielder" [syn: {utility(a)},
             {substitute(a)}]
      2: serving or used in place of another; "an alternative plan"
         [syn: {alternate}, {alternative}, {substitute}]
      3: artificial and inferior; "ersatz coffee"; "substitute coffee"
         [syn: {ersatz}, {substitute}]
      n 1: a person or thing that takes or can take the place of
           another [syn: {substitute}, {replacement}]
      2: an athlete who plays only when a starter on the team is
         replaced [syn: {substitute}, {reserve}, {second-stringer}]
      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" [syn: {stand-in}, {substitute}, {relief}, {reliever},
         {backup}, {backup man}, {fill-in}]
      v 1: put in the place of another; switch seemingly equivalent
           items; "the con artist replaced the original with a fake
           Rembrandt"; "substitute regular milk with fat-free milk";
           "synonyms can be interchanged without a changing the
           context's meaning" [syn: {substitute}, {replace},
           {interchange}, {exchange}]
      2: be a substitute; "The young teacher had to substitute for the
         sick colleague"; "The skim milk substitutes for cream--we are
         on a strict diet" [syn: {substitute}, {sub}, {stand in},
         {fill in}]
      3: act as a substitute; "She stood in for the soprano who
         suffered from a cold" [syn: {substitute}, {deputize},
         {deputise}, {step in}]

Source : WordNet ® Princeton University. 2010.

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