"stand in for" meaning in English

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Verb

Audio: En-au-stand in for.ogg [Australia] Forms: stands in for [present, singular, third-person], standing in for [participle, present], stood in for [participle, past], stood in for [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|stand<,,stood> in for}} stand in for (third-person singular simple present stands in for, present participle standing in for, simple past and past participle stood in for)
  1. (idiomatic, transitive) To replace; to act as a double or substitute for. Tags: idiomatic, transitive Related terms: stand in Translations (replace): 代替 (dàitì) (Chinese Mandarin), vervangen (Dutch), tuurata (Finnish), remplacer (French), suppléer (French), sich ersetzen (German), suppler a un persona (Interlingua), sostituire (Italian), fare le veci (Italian), ~를 대신하여 (Korean), înlocui (Romanian), замеща́ть (zameščátʹ) [imperfective] (Russian), замести́ть (zamestítʹ) [perfective] (Russian), substituir (Spanish)

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for stand in for meaning in English (3.1kB)

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      "word": "代替"
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      "sense": "replace",
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      "sense": "replace",
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      "sense": "replace",
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    },
    {
      "code": "it",
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      "sense": "replace",
      "word": "fare le veci"
    },
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      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "sense": "replace",
      "word": "~를 대신하여"
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      "sense": "replace",
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      "sense": "replace",
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      "word": "замеща́ть"
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      "sense": "replace",
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