Dictionary Check: replacement

"replacement" is a valid word!

Scrabble 17 points
Words with Friends 22 points

Definition

noun

the act of furnishing an equivalent person or thing in the place of another

Example: "replacing the star will not be easy"
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noun

someone who takes the place of another person

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noun

an event in which one thing is substituted for another

Example: "the replacement of lost blood by a transfusion of donor blood"
noun

a person or thing that takes or can take the place of another

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noun

filling again by supplying what has been used up

noun

a person who follows next in order

Example: "he was President Lincoln's successor"
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