"substitution" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˌsʌbstəˈtuʃən/ [US], /ˌsʌbstɪˈtjuːʃən/ [UK] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-substitution.wav [Southern-England] Forms: substitutions [plural]
Etymology: From Middle French substitution, from Late Latin substitutio. Etymology templates: {{uder|en|frm|substitution}} Middle French substitution, {{uder|en|LL.|substitutio}} Late Latin substitutio Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} substitution (countable and uncountable, plural substitutions)
  1. The act of substituting or the state of being substituted. Tags: countable, uncountable Translations (the act of substituting or the state of being substituted): substitució [feminine] (Catalan), 替代 (tìdài) (Chinese Mandarin), 代入 (dàirù) (Chinese Mandarin), substitutie [feminine] (Dutch), anstataŭigo (Esperanto), korvaaminen (Finnish), tuuraus (Finnish), sijaisuus (Finnish), remplacement [masculine] (French), substitución [feminine] (Galician), cambio [masculine] (Galician), Ersatz [masculine] (German), Ersetzen (english: act) [neuter] (German), 𐌹𐌽𐌼𐌰𐌹𐌳𐌴𐌹𐌽𐍃 (inmaideins) [feminine] (Gothic), substituco (Ido), sostituzione [feminine] (Italian), 代入 (dainyū) (alt: だいにゅう) (Japanese), 置換 (chikan) (alt: ちかん) (Japanese), penggantian (Malay), substitusi (Malay), substitusjon [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), substitusjon [masculine] (Norwegian Nynorsk), substitucion [feminine] (Occitan), substituição [feminine] (Portuguese), заме́на (zaména) [feminine] (Russian), подстано́вка (podstanóvka) [feminine] (Russian), sustitución [feminine] (Spanish), cambio [masculine] (Spanish), substitution [common-gender] (Swedish), utbyte [neuter] (Swedish), ersättning [common-gender] (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-substitution-en-noun-QythazxD Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English undefined derivations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 35 4 24 37 Disambiguation of English undefined derivations: 33 6 24 37 Disambiguation of 'the act of substituting or the state of being substituted': 92 3 2 3
  2. A substitute or replacement. Tags: countable, uncountable
    Sense id: en-substitution-en-noun-FW241J7u
  3. (chemistry, especially organic chemistry) The replacement of an atom, or group of atoms, in a compound, with another. Tags: countable, especially, uncountable Categories (topical): Chemistry, Organic chemistry Translations (the replacement of an atom, or group of atoms, in a compound, with another): substitutie (Dutch), substituutio (Finnish), korvautuminen (Finnish), réaction de substitution [feminine] (French), Substitution [feminine] (German), Substituierung [feminine] (German), substitusi (Indonesian), malartaíocht [feminine] (Irish), penukargantian (Malay), substitusi (Malay), substitusjon [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), substitusjon [masculine] (Norwegian Nynorsk), substituição [feminine] (Portuguese), substitution [common-gender] (Swedish), paghuhulip (Tagalog)
    Sense id: en-substitution-en-noun-eMuzZL8U Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English undefined derivations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 35 4 24 37 Disambiguation of English undefined derivations: 33 6 24 37 Topics: chemistry, natural-sciences, organic-chemistry, physical-sciences Disambiguation of 'the replacement of an atom, or group of atoms, in a compound, with another': 2 7 89 2
  4. (linguistics) The expansion of the lexicon of a language by native means in correspondence to a foreign term. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Linguistics Translations (expansion of the lexicon by native means in correspondence to a foreign term): substituutio (Finnish), Ersetzung [feminine] (German), lexikalische Ersetzung [feminine] (German), Substitution [feminine] (German), utbyte [neuter] (Swedish), substitution [common-gender] (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-substitution-en-noun-3wwDga-s Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English undefined derivations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 35 4 24 37 Disambiguation of English undefined derivations: 33 6 24 37 Topics: human-sciences, linguistics, sciences Disambiguation of 'expansion of the lexicon by native means in correspondence to a foreign term': 2 1 5 92
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Inflected forms

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      "lang": "Galician",
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      "sense": "the act of substituting or the state of being substituted",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
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    },
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      "lang": "Ido",
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      "code": "sv",
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    },
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      "code": "fi",
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    },
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      "code": "fr",
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      "sense": "the replacement of an atom, or group of atoms, in a compound, with another",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "réaction de substitution"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
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      "sense": "the replacement of an atom, or group of atoms, in a compound, with another",
      "tags": [
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      "code": "de",
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      "sense": "the replacement of an atom, or group of atoms, in a compound, with another",
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      "sense": "the replacement of an atom, or group of atoms, in a compound, with another",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "malartaíocht"
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    {
      "code": "ms",
      "lang": "Malay",
      "sense": "the replacement of an atom, or group of atoms, in a compound, with another",
      "word": "penukargantian"
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    {
      "code": "ms",
      "lang": "Malay",
      "sense": "the replacement of an atom, or group of atoms, in a compound, with another",
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      "code": "nb",
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      "sense": "the replacement of an atom, or group of atoms, in a compound, with another",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "substitusjon"
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    {
      "code": "nn",
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      "sense": "the replacement of an atom, or group of atoms, in a compound, with another",
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      ],
      "word": "substitusjon"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "the replacement of an atom, or group of atoms, in a compound, with another",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "substituição"
    },
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      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "the replacement of an atom, or group of atoms, in a compound, with another",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "substitution"
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    {
      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "sense": "the replacement of an atom, or group of atoms, in a compound, with another",
      "word": "paghuhulip"
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      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "expansion of the lexicon by native means in correspondence to a foreign term",
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      "sense": "expansion of the lexicon by native means in correspondence to a foreign term",
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      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "expansion of the lexicon by native means in correspondence to a foreign term",
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      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "expansion of the lexicon by native means in correspondence to a foreign term",
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      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "expansion of the lexicon by native means in correspondence to a foreign term",
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