- 1
To restore to a former place, position, condition, etc.; to put back.transitive
- When you've finished using the telephone, please replace the handset.
- 2
To refund; to repay; to pay back.transitive
- You can take what you need from the petty cash, but you must replace it tomorrow morning.
- 3
To supply or substitute an equivalent with.transitive
- I replaced my car with a newer model.
- The batteries were dead so I replaced them.
- 4
To take over the position or role from.transitive
- Perplexed, Wheeler continues to play for a moment or two, keeping to his own internal time. But after another moment it becomes clear that something is wrong, something which everybody can see but him. He steals a glance up from his instrum
- 5
To take the place of; to be used instead of.transitive
- This security pass replaces the one you were given earlier.
- 6
To demolish (a building) and build an updated form of that building in its place.transitive
- 7
To place again.raretransitive
- During the bench press, it is prohibited in any federation to lift your butt from contact with the bench after you have started a bona fide attempt to perform the lift. Once you unrack the bar and begin descending it to your chest, your but
- 8
To put in a new or different place.raretransitive
syn. swap