replace

About 17.75 uses per million words.

Meaning

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

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

2. 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.

3. verb To supply or substitute an equivalent with.

   I replaced my car with a newer model.

4. verb To take over the position or role from.
5. verb To take the place of; to be used instead of.

   This security pass replaces the one you were given earlier.

6. verb To demolish (a building) and build an updated form of that building in its place.
7. verb To place again.
8. verb To put in a new or different place.

Similar words

put back supplant supersede substitute supervene upon recoup repair renew refit relace

Often followed by

the it them a him those all with that

Word family

replaceable replaced replacer replacers replaces replacing