To substitute

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• Substitute — may mean:In General English Usage:To replace one thing with anotherIn sport:A person who replaces an exiting competitor during the course of a game, as permitted by the laws of the game. Such replacements are generally made for tactical reasons,… …   Wikipedia

• Substitute — «Substitute» Sencillo de The Who Lado B «Circles (Instant Party)» «Waltz for a Pig» (USA) Publicación …   Wikipedia Español

• substitute — n 1 surrogate, *resource, resort, expedient, shift, makeshift, stopgap Analogous words: *device, contrivance, contraption: duplicate, copy, *reproduction 2 Substitute, supply, locum tenens, alternate, understudy, double, stand in, pinch hitter… …   New Dictionary of Synonyms

• substitute teacher — UK US noun [countable] [singular substitute teacher plural substitute teachers] american a supply teacher Thesaurus: teachers and principalshyponym * * * n …   Useful english dictionary

• substitute for sth — [I] ► to do the same job as another thing or take its place: »The government expects natural gas to substitute for oil exports in the future. »Many dot.com companies have learnt that technology can never substitute for customer service. Main… …   Financial and business terms

• Substitute — Sub stit ute, n. [L. substitutus, p. p. of substituere to put under, put in the place of; sub under + statuere to put, place: cf. F. substitut. See {Statute}.] One who, or that which, is substituted or put in the place of another; one who acts… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• substitute for sb — [I] ► WORKPLACE to take the place of another person or do their job for a period of time: »She was asked to substitute for the absent committee chairman. Main Entry: ↑substitute …   Financial and business terms

• substitute — [adj] alternative acting, additional, alternate, another, artificial, backup, counterfeit, dummy, ersatz*, experimental, false, imitation, makeshift, mock, near, other, provisional, proxy, pseudo*, replacement, representative, reserve, second,… …   New thesaurus

• substitute — ► NOUN 1) a person or thing acting or serving in place of another. 2) a sports player eligible to replace another after a match has begun. ► VERB 1) use, add, or serve in place of. 2) replace with another. 3) replace (a sports player) with a… …   English terms dictionary

• Substitute — Sub stit ute, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Substituted}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Substituting}.] [See {Substitute}, n.] To put in the place of another person or thing; to exchange. [1913 Webster] Some few verses are inserted or substituted in the room of others …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• Substitute natural gas — Substitute natural gas, or SNG, can be produced from fossil fuels such as lignite coal or from biofuels, when it is named Bio SNG.In the Great Plains, USA, approximately 15 TWh/year of SNG from lignite coal is injected into the national gas grid …   Wikipedia