Replace vs Unreplaced - What's the difference?
replace | unreplaced |
To restore to a former place, position, condition, or the like.
To refund; to repay; to restore; as, to replace a sum of money borrowed.
To supply or substitute an equivalent for.
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To take the place of; to supply the want of; to fulfill the end or office of.
To demolish a building and build an updated form of that building in its place.
(rare) To place again.
(rare) To put in a new or different place.
Not replaced.
*{{quote-book, year=1921, author=C. K. Leith, title=The Economic Aspect of Geology, chapter=, edition=
, passage=They were clearly formed by replacement of the schists particle by particle, as shown by the frequent preservation of the schist structure in a banding of the sulphide minerals, the residual shreds of unreplaced' schist material in the ores, and the usual gradual transition from ' unreplaced schists to those completely replaced by massive sulphides. }}
* {{quote-news, year=1992, date=August 28, author=Bobby London, title=Blood, Sweat, and Ink, work=Chicago Reader
, passage=At this same time, my copy began coming back to me uncorrected; words whited out and not replaced in the haste of a deadline remained unreplaced , spelling errors (and I don't mean "potatoe") remained uncorrected. }}
As a verb replace
is to restore to a former place, position, condition, or the like.As an adjective unreplaced is
not replaced.replace
English
(Webster 1913)Verb
(replac)- When you've finished using the telephone, please replace the handset.
- The earl...was replaced in his government. — .
- You can take what you need from the petty cash, but you must replace it tomorrow morning.
- I replaced my car with a newer model.
- The batteries were dead so I replaced them
- Next Wednesday, four women and 15 men on the Crown Nominations Commission will gather for two days of prayer and horsetrading to replace Rowan Williams as archbishop of Canterbury.
- This security pass replaces the one you were given earlier.
- This duty of right intention does not replace or supersede the duty of consideration. — .
Usage notes
The propriety of the use of "replace" instead of "displace", "supersede", or "take the place of", as in the fourth definition, has been disputed on account of etymological discrepancy, but is standard English and universally accepted.Derived terms
* replaceable * replacementAnagrams
* English transitive verbs ----unreplaced
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