āĻ āĻ¨ā§āĻ¸āĻ¨ā§āĻ§āĻžāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻ¨
āĻ āĻāĻŋāĻ§āĻžāĻ¨ā§āĻ° āĻāĻžāĻˇāĻž āĻ¨āĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻ¨
āĻāĻĒāĻ¨āĻžāĻ° āĻāĻžāĻˇāĻž āĻ¨āĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻ¨
substitute
/ËsĘbstÉĒtjuËt/
to substitute
01
āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻ¤āĻŋāĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻžāĻĒāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°āĻž, āĻŦāĻĻāĻ˛ āĻāĻ°āĻž
to put something or someone in the place of another
Ditransitive: to substitute sth with an alternative
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
If you 're out of brown sugar, you can substitute it with a mixture of white sugar and molasses.
āĻ¯āĻĻāĻŋ āĻāĻĒāĻ¨āĻžāĻ° āĻŦāĻžāĻĻāĻžāĻŽāĻŋ āĻāĻŋāĻ¨āĻŋ āĻļā§āĻˇ āĻšāĻ¯āĻŧā§ āĻ¯āĻžāĻ¯āĻŧ, āĻāĻĒāĻ¨āĻŋ āĻāĻāĻŋ āĻ¸āĻžāĻĻāĻž āĻāĻŋāĻ¨āĻŋ āĻāĻŦāĻ āĻā§āĻĄāĻŧā§āĻ° āĻŽāĻŋāĻļā§āĻ°āĻŖ āĻĻāĻŋāĻ¯āĻŧā§ āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻ¤āĻŋāĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻžāĻĒāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°āĻ¤ā§ āĻĒāĻžāĻ°ā§āĻ¨āĨ¤
02
āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻ¤āĻŋāĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻžāĻĒāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°āĻž, āĻŦāĻŋāĻāĻ˛ā§āĻĒ āĻšāĻŋāĻ¸ā§āĻŦā§ āĻāĻžāĻ āĻāĻ°āĻž
to function as a replacement for someone or something in a particular role, duty, or context
Transitive: to substitute for sb/sth
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
Unable to attend the meeting, Sarah asked her colleague to substitute for her and represent their department.
āĻŽāĻŋāĻāĻŋāĻāĻ¯āĻŧā§ āĻāĻĒāĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻŋāĻ¤ āĻšāĻ¤ā§ āĻ
āĻā§āĻˇāĻŽ, āĻ¸āĻžāĻ°āĻžāĻš āĻ¤āĻžāĻ° āĻ¸āĻšāĻāĻ°ā§āĻŽā§āĻā§ āĻ¤āĻžāĻā§ āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻ¤āĻŋāĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻžāĻĒāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°āĻ¤ā§ āĻāĻŦāĻ āĻ¤āĻžāĻĻā§āĻ° āĻŦāĻŋāĻāĻžāĻā§āĻ° āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻ¤āĻŋāĻ¨āĻŋāĻ§āĻŋāĻ¤ā§āĻŦ āĻāĻ°āĻ¤ā§ āĻŦāĻ˛ā§āĻāĻŋāĻ˛ā§āĻ¨āĨ¤
Substitute
01
āĻŦāĻŋāĻāĻ˛ā§āĻĒ, āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻ¤āĻŋāĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻžāĻĒāĻ¨
an object or thing used in place of another
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
The chef used honey as a substitute for sugar in the recipe.
āĻļā§āĻĢ āĻ°ā§āĻ¸āĻŋāĻĒāĻŋāĻ¤ā§ āĻāĻŋāĻ¨āĻŋāĻ° āĻŦāĻŋāĻāĻ˛ā§āĻĒ āĻšāĻŋāĻ¸ā§āĻŦā§ āĻŽāĻ§ā§ āĻŦā§āĻ¯āĻŦāĻšāĻžāĻ° āĻāĻ°ā§āĻā§āĻ¨āĨ¤
02
an athlete who enters a game only when a starting player is replaced
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
Coaches rotate substitutes to maintain player stamina.
03
āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻ¤āĻŋāĻˇā§āĻ āĻžāĻĒāĻ, āĻŦāĻĻāĻ˛āĻŋ
a person who takes the place of someone else, often temporarily
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
The school hired a substitute to fill in for the librarian until a permanent replacement was found.
āĻ¸ā§āĻā§āĻ˛āĻāĻŋ āĻāĻāĻāĻŋ āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻ¤āĻŋāĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻžāĻĒāĻ¨ āĻ¨āĻŋāĻ¯āĻŧā§āĻ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻāĻŋāĻ˛ āĻ˛āĻžāĻāĻŦā§āĻ°ā§āĻ°āĻŋāĻ¯āĻŧāĻžāĻ¨ā§āĻ° āĻāĻ¨ā§āĻ¯ āĻāĻāĻāĻŋ āĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻžāĻ¯āĻŧā§ āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻ¤āĻŋāĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻžāĻĒāĻ¨ āĻĒāĻžāĻāĻ¯āĻŧāĻž āĻĒāĻ°ā§āĻ¯āĻ¨ā§āĻ¤āĨ¤
substitute
01
artificial, inferior, or not fully equivalent to the original
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
He felt the substitute solution lacked the quality of the original.
02
āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻ¤āĻŋāĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻžāĻĒāĻ¨, āĻŦāĻŋāĻāĻ˛ā§āĻĒ
acting as an alternative or replacement for something or somone else
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
They purchased a substitute brand of detergent when their usual brand was sold out.
āĻ¤āĻžāĻ°āĻž āĻĄāĻŋāĻāĻžāĻ°āĻā§āĻ¨ā§āĻā§āĻ° āĻāĻāĻāĻŋ āĻŦāĻŋāĻāĻ˛ā§āĻĒ āĻŦā§āĻ°ā§āĻ¯āĻžāĻ¨ā§āĻĄ āĻāĻŋāĻ¨ā§āĻāĻŋāĻ˛ āĻ¯āĻāĻ¨ āĻ¤āĻžāĻĻā§āĻ° āĻ¸ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻāĻžāĻŦāĻŋāĻ āĻŦā§āĻ°ā§āĻ¯āĻžāĻ¨ā§āĻĄ āĻŦāĻŋāĻā§āĻ°āĻŋ āĻšāĻ¯āĻŧā§ āĻāĻŋāĻ¯āĻŧā§āĻāĻŋāĻ˛āĨ¤
03
able to fill multiple positions on a team as needed
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
A substitute utility player improves a team's flexibility.
āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻāĻ¤āĻžāĻ¤ā§āĻ¤ā§āĻŦāĻŋāĻ āĻāĻžāĻ
substituting
substitution
substitute
āĻ¨āĻŋāĻāĻāĻŦāĻ°ā§āĻ¤ā§ āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻ
