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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (6)

1. the act of furnishing an equivalent person or thing in the place of another;
- Example: "replacing the star will not be easy"
[syn: replacement, replacing]

2. someone who takes the place of another person;
[syn: surrogate, alternate, replacement]

3. an event in which one thing is substituted for another;
- Example: "the replacement of lost blood by a transfusion of donor blood"
[syn: substitution, permutation, transposition, replacement, switch]

4. a person or thing that takes or can take the place of another;
[syn: substitute, replacement]

5. filling again by supplying what has been used up;
[syn: refilling, replenishment, replacement, renewal]

6. a person who follows next in order;
- Example: "he was President Lincoln's successor"
[syn: successor, replacement]



The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Replacement \Re*place"ment\ (-ment), n.
   1. The act of replacing.
      [1913 Webster]

   2. (Crystallog.) The removal of an edge or an angle by one or
      more planes.
      [1913 Webster]


WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

replacement
    n 1: the act of furnishing an equivalent person or thing in the
         place of another; "replacing the star will not be easy"
         [syn: replacement, replacing]
    2: someone who takes the place of another person [syn:
       surrogate, alternate, replacement]
    3: an event in which one thing is substituted for another; "the
       replacement of lost blood by a transfusion of donor blood"
       [syn: substitution, permutation, transposition,
       replacement, switch]
    4: a person or thing that takes or can take the place of another
       [syn: substitute, replacement]
    5: filling again by supplying what has been used up [syn:
       refilling, replenishment, replacement, renewal]
    6: a person who follows next in order; "he was President
       Lincoln's successor" [syn: successor, replacement]