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Meaning of 'replacement' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Replacement [ n.]
- The act of replacing.
- The removal of an edge or an angle by one or more planes.

Meaning of 'replacement' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . replacement [ n]
Meaning (1):
- a person who follows next in order
Example in sentence:
  • he was President Lincoln's successor
Meaning (2):
- the act of furnishing an equivalent person or thing in the place of another
Example in sentence:
  • replacing the star will not be easy
Meaning (3):
- an event in which one thing is substituted for another
Example in sentence:
  • the replacement of lost blood by a transfusion of donor blood

Nearby Words:

rep rep-silver repace repacify repack repacker repaganize repaid repaint repair

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