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Results for: "replace"

Translating from English to Norwegian

Translations:

replace — to supply or substitute an equivalent for
→ erstatte
→ avløse
→ avløyse

More translations:

replace
→ erstatte
replace
→ sette, *legge på plass

English definitions WordNet

VERB 4

  1. substitute a person or thing for (another that is broken or inefficient or lost or no longer working or yielding what is expected)

    • “He replaced the old razor blade”
    • “We need to replace the secretary that left a month ago”
    • “the insurance will replace the lost income”
    • “This antique vase can never be replaced”

  2. take the place or move into the position of

    • “Smith replaced Miller as CEO after Miller left”
    • “the computer has supplanted the slide rule”
    • “Mary replaced Susan as the team's captain and the highest-ranked player in the school”
    Synonymssupplantsupersedesupervene uponsupercede

  3. put something back where it belongs

    • “replace the book on the shelf after you have finished reading it”
    • “please put the clean dishes back in the cabinet when you have washed them”
    Synonymsput back

  4. put in the place of another; switch seemingly equivalent items

    • “the con artist replaced the original with a fake Rembrandt”
    • “substitute regular milk with fat-free milk”
    • “synonyms can be interchanged without a changing the context's meaning”
    Synonymssubstituteinterchangeexchange