substitute

Etymology
From, from , past participle of.

Verb

 * 1)  To use in place of something else, with the same function.
 * 2)  To use X in place of Y.
 * 3)  To use Y in place of X; to replace X with Y.
 * 4)  To remove (a player) from the field of play and bring on another in his place.
 * 5)  To serve as a replacement (for someone or something).
 * 1)  To remove (a player) from the field of play and bring on another in his place.
 * 2)  To serve as a replacement (for someone or something).
 * 1)  To serve as a replacement (for someone or something).
 * 1)  To serve as a replacement (for someone or something).
 * 1)  To serve as a replacement (for someone or something).

Usage notes
The verb "to substitute" can be used transitively in two opposite ways. "To substitute X" may mean either "use X in place of something else" (as in definitions 1 and 2), or "use something else in place of X" (as in definitions 3 and 4). The latter use is more recent, but it is widespread and now generally accepted (see the COED's note on the matter). However, if the indirect object (the "something else") is omitted, the preposition is also omitted, and the reader or hearer cannot tell which sense is meant:
 * "Substitute butter for olive oil" = Use butter instead of olive oil
 * "Substitute butter with olive oil" = Use olive oil instead of butter
 * "Substitute butter" = ???

Synonyms

 * , ; See also Thesaurus:switch

Translations

 * Arabic:
 * Azerbaijani: əvəz etmək
 * Bulgarian:
 * Catalan:
 * Chinese:
 * Cantonese: 代替
 * Mandarin:, ,
 * Czech:
 * Danish: erstatte, substituere
 * Dutch: ,
 * Esperanto: anstataŭigi
 * Finnish:
 * French:  , ,
 * Galician:
 * German:
 * Greek:, ,
 * Ancient: ἀνθυπαλλάσσω
 * Hungarian:, használ helyette
 * Ido:
 * Italian:
 * Japanese:,  , 替わる , 替わる ,
 * Korean:
 * Latin:
 * Maori: whakakapi
 * Polish: podstawiać, ,
 * Portuguese:
 * Romanian: ,
 * Russian:, , ,
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Cyrillic: надоместити, заменити
 * Roman:, ,
 * Spanish: ,
 * Swedish: ,
 * Ukrainian: заміня́ти
 * Welsh: amnewid


 * Azerbaijani:, , əvəz etmək
 * Bulgarian:
 * Finnish:
 * Hungarian:


 * Finnish:
 * Hungarian:
 * Japanese: ,


 * Bulgarian:
 * Catalan: ,
 * Danish: udskifte
 * Finnish:, panna vaihtoon,
 * German:
 * Greek:
 * Hungarian:
 * Japanese:


 * Esperanto: anstataŭi
 * Finnish: ; toimia sijaisena,
 * Hungarian:

Noun

 * 1) A replacement or stand-in for something that achieves a similar result or purpose.
 * 2) A substitute teacher.
 * 3)  A player who is available to replace another if the need arises, and who may or may not actually do so.
 * 4)  One who enlists for military service in the place of a conscript.
 * 1) A substitute teacher.
 * 2)  A player who is available to replace another if the need arises, and who may or may not actually do so.
 * 3)  One who enlists for military service in the place of a conscript.
 * 1)  A player who is available to replace another if the need arises, and who may or may not actually do so.
 * 2)  One who enlists for military service in the place of a conscript.
 * 1)  One who enlists for military service in the place of a conscript.

Translations

 * Azerbaijani:
 * Basque: -orde
 * Bulgarian: ,
 * Catalan:
 * Cherokee: ᎠᏓᏁᏟᏴᏍᏗᏍᎩ
 * Czech: ,
 * Danish:, , surrogat
 * Dutch:, ,
 * Esperanto: anstataŭaĵo,  anstataŭulo
 * Finnish:,  ,
 * French: ,
 * Georgian: ჩამნაცვლებელი, ჩანაცვლა
 * German:
 * Greek:,  ,
 * Hindi:
 * Hungarian:, , ,
 * Italian: ,
 * Japanese:
 * Latin: vicārius, vicāria
 * Latvian: vietnieks, vietniece
 * Macedonian: замена
 * Maori: whakakapi, kaitiriwā, whākapi
 * Norn: tilvid
 * Polish:, , zastępnik,
 * Portuguese:
 * Romanian:, , , , substituitor
 * Russian:, ,
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Cyrillic: надоместак, замена
 * Roman:, ,
 * Slovene: nadomestek
 * Spanish:, substituto
 * Swedish:
 * Tagalog:
 * Telugu:
 * Turkish:
 * Ukrainian: заміна


 * Azerbaijani: əvəzçi
 * Bulgarian:
 * Danish: udskifter, udskifter
 * Finnish: vaihtopelaaja
 * Galician: suplente
 * German:, Austauschspieler,
 * Greek:
 * Hungarian:, , tartalék játékos,
 * Irish: ionadaí, fear ionaid,  bean ionaid
 * Japanese:, ,
 * Maori: whakakapi
 * Portuguese:
 * Russian:
 * Spanish: suplente
 * Swedish:
 * Turkish: