"replace" meaning in English

See replace in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

IPA: /rɪˈpleɪs/ Audio: en-us-replace.ogg [US] Forms: replace [canonical], replaces [third-person, singular], replaced [past], replaced [past, participle], replacing [present, participle]
Etymology: re- + place Etymology templates: {{ety-prefix|re|place}} re- + place Head templates: {{verb|replac|e}} [POS TABLE]
  1. If X replaces Y or if you replace Y with X, X now does what Y used to do.
    Sense id: simple-replace-en-verb-S-DxayF7
  2. If you replace something, you give somebody a new one because you have broken, lost, or used the old one.
    Sense id: simple-replace-en-verb-v8I8Y5Vd
  3. If you replace something, you put it back where it was.
    Sense id: simple-replace-en-verb-Wl4g59IS
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Categories (other): Terms prefixed with re-
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