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Word: replace (lookup usage) (lookup stats)


Meaning:

Verb:

  • rare To place again.
  • rare To put in a new or different place.
  • transitive To demolish a building and build a updated form of that building in its place.
  • transitive To refund; to repay; to restore; as, to replace a sum of money borrowed.
  • transitive To restore to a former place, position, condition, or the like.
  • transitive To supply or substitute an equivalent for.
  • transitive To take the place of; to supply the want of; to fulfil the end or office of.

Source: Wiktionary | Src Info »