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How to sign: 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";
Similiar / Same: substitute
Categories: change, exchange, interchange
Within this category: reduce, retool, shift, subrogate, truncate
How to sign: take the place or move into the position of
"Smith replaced Miller as CEO after Miller left"; "the computer has supplanted the slide rule"; "Mary replaced Susan as the team's captain and the highest-ranked player in the school";
Similiar / Same: supplant, supersede, supervene upon
Categories: come after, follow, succeed
Within this category: oust, substitute, usurp
