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Definition of "replace" []

  • To put back into a former position or place. (verb-transitive)
  • To take or fill the place of. (verb-transitive)
  • To be or provide a substitute for. (verb-transitive)
  • To pay back or return; refund. (verb-transitive)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Use "replace" in a sentence
  • "If I include the curly brackets where I instinctively think they should go as shown below it does not replace the $search values with the $replace values."
  • "__frep__ for "field replace" to be used in __replace__, rather than making it a sub-function of __replace__."
  • "What the hell did the label replace it for? login to post links to videos."