replace

Verb
  1. is a type of: regenerate, renew - reestablish on a new, usually improved, basis or make new or like new
    subtypes:
    • change, commute, convert, exchange - exchange or replace with another, usually of the same kind or category
    • change - remove or replace the coverings of
    • novate - replace with something new, especially an old obligation by a new one
    verb group: replace, supersede, supervene upon, supplant - take the place or move into the position of
  2. is a type of: come after, follow, succeed - be the successor (of)
    subtypes:
    same as: supersede, supervene upon, supplant
    verb group:
    • replace - substitute a person or thing for (another that is broken or inefficient or lost or no longer working or yielding what is expected)
    • put back, replace - put something back where it belongs
  3. is a type of: lay, place, pose, position, put, set - put into a certain place or abstract location
    subtypes: hang up - put a telephone receiver back in its cradle
    same as: put back
    verb group: replace, supersede, supervene upon, supplant - take the place or move into the position of
  4. is a type of: alter, change, modify - cause to change; make different; cause a transformation
    subtypes:
    • shift - move and exchange for another
    • reduce - simplify the form of a mathematical equation of expression by substituting one term for another
    • truncate - replace a corner by a plane
    • retool - provide (a workshop or factory) with new tools
    • subrogate - substitute one creditor for another, as in the case where an insurance company sues the person who caused an accident for the insured
    same as: exchange, interchange, substitute

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