replace

Meanings

1. 1
   verb

   substitute a person or thing for another that is broken or inefficient or lost or no longer working or yielding what is expected

   They replaced the old razor blade.

2. 2
   verb

   put something back where it belongs

   replace the book on the shelf after you have finished reading it

3. 3
   verb

   take the place or move into the position of

   Smith replaced Miller as CEO after Miller left

4. 4
   verb

   To restore to a former place, position, condition, etc.; to put back.

   When you've finished using the telephone, please replace the handset.

5. 5
   verb

   To refund; to repay; to pay back.

   You can take what you need from the petty cash, but you must replace it tomorrow morning.

6. 6
   verb

   To supply or substitute an equivalent with.

   I replaced my car with a newer model.

7. 7
   verb

   To take over the position or role from.

   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 instrument, and finds that Luján is staring at him. In fact, every musician in the orchestra is staring at him, all of them wearing the same expression of stony, barely-contained ang— They've been replaced.

8. 8
   verb

   To take the place of; to be used instead of.

   This security pass replaces the one you were given earlier.

Etymology

From re- + place.