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- Tuntematon aksentti:
- IPA: /ˈsʌbstɪtut/
- IPA: ˈsʌbstɪtjut/
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Määritelmät
Verbit
- (transitive) To use in place of something else, with the same function.
- (transitive) In the phrase "substitute X for Y", to use X in place of Y. With increasing frequency used in the semantically opposite sense (see the OED's notes).
- (transitive) In the phrase "substitute X with/by Y", to use Y in place of X; to replace X with Y
- (transitive, sports) To remove (a player) from the field of play and bring on another in his place.
- (intransitive) To serve as a replacement (for someone or something)
Substantiivit
- A replacement or stand-in for something that achieves a similar result or purpose.
- (sports) A player who is available to replace another if the need arises, and who may or may not actually do so.
- (historical) One who enlists for military service in the place of a conscript.
Esimerkit
- I had no shallots so I substituted onion.
- I had to substitute new parts for the old ones.
- I had to substitute old parts with the new ones. (This usage was formerly proscribed.)
- He was playing poorly and was substituted after twenty minutes
- Mario Balotelli replaced Tevez but his contribution was so negligible that he suffered the indignity of being substituted himself as time ran out, a development that encapsulated a wretched 90 minutes for City and boss Roberto Mancini.
- Accumulation of wealth by this route may substitute for personal saving.
- Ladies [in Shakespeare's age] [...] wore masks as the sole substitute known to our ancestors for the modern parasol.
- Dean Whitehead opened the scoring shortly after the break with a low finish and substitute Peter Crouch sealed the win with a tap-in.
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