substitute

Pronunciation

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• Hyphenation: sub‧sti‧tute

Noun

Singular substitute

Plural substitutes

1. (countable) A substitute is a person on standby for a sport team.

   Although he was only a substitute for the team, but he played very well during yesterday's match.

Other words

• replacement

Verb

Plain form substitute

Third-person singular substitutes

Past tense substituted

Past participle substituted

Present participle substituting

1. (intransitive) Changing to someone/something else.

   That customer was not happy with the waiter and wanted to substitute him.

Other words

• change