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   sub·sti·tute

   /ˈsəbstəˌto͞ot/

   noun

   • 1. a person or thing acting or serving in place of another: "soy milk is used as a substitute for dairy milk"
   • ▪ a sports player nominated as eligible to replace another after a game has begun.
   • ▪ a person or thing that becomes the object of love or other emotion deprived of its natural outlet: "a father substitute"

   verb

   • 1. use or add in place of: "dried rosemary can be substituted for the fresh herb" Similar exchangeuse as a replacementswitchreplace withuse instead ofuse as an alternative touse in place ofuse in preference totradeinformal:swap
   • ▪ act or serve as a substitute: "I found someone to substitute for me"
   • ▪ replace (someone or something) with another: "customs officers substituted the drugs with another substance"
   • ▪ replace (a sports player) with a substitute during a contest: "he was substituted for Nichols in the fifth inning"
   • ▪ replace (an atom or group in a molecule, especially a hydrogen atom) with another.

   Word Origin late Middle English (denoting a deputy or delegate): from Latin substitutus ‘put in place of’, past participle of substituere, based on statuere ‘set up’.

   Derivatives

   • 1. substitutability noun
   • 2. substitutable adjective
   • 3. substitutive adjective

   Scrabble Points: 12

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