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Results for: "substitute"

Translating from English to Hungarian

Translations:

substitute — to use in place of something else
→ helyettesít
→ használ helyette
substitute — replacement or stand-in
→ -helyettesítő
→ -pótlék

More translations:

substitute
→ helyettesít
substitute
→ helyettes

Additional Definitions (WordNet):


NOUN (3)

1. a person or thing that takes or can take the place of another;
[syn: substitute, replacement]

2. an athlete who plays only when a starter on the team is replaced;
[syn: substitute, reserve, second-stringer]

3. someone who takes the place of another (as when things get dangerous or difficult);
- Example: "the star had a stand-in for dangerous scenes"
- Example: "we need extra employees for summer fill-ins"
[syn: stand-in, substitute, relief, reliever, backup, backup man, fill-in]


VERB (3)

1. put in the place of another; switch seemingly equivalent items;
- Example: "the con artist replaced the original with a fake Rembrandt"
- Example: "substitute regular milk with fat-free milk"
- Example: "synonyms can be interchanged without a changing the context's meaning"
[syn: substitute, replace, interchange, exchange]

2. be a substitute;
- Example: "The young teacher had to substitute for the sick colleague"
- Example: "The skim milk substitutes for cream--we are on a strict diet"
[syn: substitute, sub, stand in, fill in]

3. act as a substitute;
- Example: "She stood in for the soprano who suffered from a cold"
[syn: substitute, deputize, deputise, step in]


ADJECTIVE (3)

1. capable of substituting in any of several positions on a team;
- Example: "a utility infielder"
[syn: utility(a), substitute(a)]

2. serving or used in place of another;
- Example: "an alternative plan"
[syn: alternate, alternative, substitute]

3. artificial and inferior;
- Example: "ersatz coffee"
- Example: "substitute coffee"
[syn: ersatz, substitute]