substitute

Meanings

1. 1
   verb

   be a substitute

   The young teacher had to substitute for the sick colleague

2. 2
   verb

   To use in place of something else, with the same function.

   I had no shallots so I substituted onion.

3. 3
   verb

   To use X in place of Y.

   I had to substitute new parts for the old ones.

4. 4
   verb

   To use Y in place of X; to replace X with Y.

   I had to substitute old parts with the new ones.

5. 5
   verb

   To remove (a player) from the field of play and bring on another in his place.

   He was playing poorly and was substituted after twenty minutes

6. 6
   verb

   To serve as a replacement (for someone or something).

   Accumulation of wealth by this route may substitute for personal saving.

7. 7
   noun

   A replacement or stand-in for something that achieves a similar result or purpose.

   Ladies [in William Shakespeare's age], again, universally wore masks as the sole substitute known to our ancestors for the modern parasol; a fact, perhaps, not generally known.

8. 8
   noun

   A player who is available to replace another if the need arises, and who may or may not actually do so.

   Dean Whitehead opened the scoring shortly after the break with a low finish and substitute Peter Crouch sealed the win with a tap-in.

Etymology

From Middle English substituten, from Latin substitutus, past participle of substituō, from sub- (“under; beneath”) + statuō (“to put up; establish”).