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A person or thing that immediately follows another in holding an office or title.
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The next heir in order or succession.
A person who inherits a title or office.
(arithmetic, set theory) The integer, ordinal number or cardinal number immediately following another.
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.
As a noun successor
is a person or thing that immediately follows another in holding an office or title.As a verb replace is
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(wikipedia successor)Alternative forms
* successour (obsolete)Noun
(en noun)- George W. Bush was successor to Bill Clinton as President of the US.
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(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. — .