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Definition of "replacement" []

  • The act or process of replacing or of being replaced; substitution. (noun)
  • One that replaces, especially a person assigned to a vacant military position. (noun)

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 "replacement" in a sentence
  • "To accommodate multi-widgets (e.g. Text and RSS) you can also pass a replacement value with the name: array ($name_as_sprintf_pattern, $textdomain, $replacement)."
  • "The "e" modifier makes preg_replace () treat the $replacement parameter as PHP code after the appropriate references substitution is done. replacement: The string or an array with strings to replace."
  • "The acknowledgment that it isn't bad, and the use of the word replacement here are very important."