substitution

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   The act of substituting or the state of being substituted.

   In this football tournament, three substitutions can be made during the match.

2. 2
   noun

   A substitute or replacement.

   Gary is off this weekend, so Jeff will be his substitution.

3. 3
   noun

   the act of putting one thing or person in the place of another: 'he sent Smith in for Jones but the substitution came too late to help'

4. 4
   noun

   an event in which one thing is substituted for another

5. 5
   noun

   The replacement of an atom, or group of atoms, in a compound, with another.

6. 6
   noun

   The expansion of the lexicon of a language by native means in correspondence to a foreign term.

Etymology

From Middle French substitution, from Late Latin substitutio.