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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Substitute \Sub"stit"ute\, n. [L. substitutus, p. p. of substituere to put under, put in the place of; sub under + statuere to put, place: cf. F. substitut. See Statute.] One who, or that which, is substituted or put in the place of another; one who acts for another; that which stands in lieu of something else; specifically (Mil.), a person who enlists for military service in the place of a conscript or drafted man.
Hast thou not made me here thy substitute?
--Milton.
Ladies [in Shakespeare's age] . . . wore masks as the
sole substitute known to our ancestors for the modern
parasol.
--De Quincey.
Substitute \Sub"stit"ute\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Substituted; p. pr. & vb. n. Substituting.] [See Substitute, n.] To put in the place of another person or thing; to exchange.
Some few verses are inserted or substituted in the room
of others.
--Congreve.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
early 15c. (transitive), from Latin substitutus, past participle of substituere "put in place of another" (see substitution). Transitive use is from 1888. Related: Substituted; substituting.
"one who acts in place of another," early 15c., from Middle French substitut (noun use) and directly from Latin substitutus, past participle of substituere "put in place of another" (see substitution). Military draft sense is from 1777, American English. Team sports sense is from 1849. Of foodstuffs, from 1879. As an adjective from early 15c.
Wiktionary
n. 1 A replacement or stand-in for something that achieves a similar result or purpose. 2 (context sports English) A player who is available to replace another if the need arises, and who may or may not actually do so. vb. 1 (context transitive English) To use in place of something else, with the same function. 2 (context transitive English) In the phrase "substitute X for Y", to use X in place of Y. With increasing frequency used in the semantically opposite sense (see ). 3 (context transitive English) In the phrase "substitute X with/by Y", to use Y in place of X; to replace X with Y 4 (context transitive sports English) To remove (a player) from the field of play and bring on another in his place.
WordNet
adj. being a replacement or substitute for a regular member of a team [syn: second-string, substitute(a)]
capable of substituting in any of several positions on a team; "a utility infielder" [syn: utility(a), substitute(a)]
artificial and inferior; "ersatz coffee"; "substitute coffee" [syn: ersatz]
n. a person or thing that takes or can take the place of another [syn: replacement]
an athlete who plays only when another member of the team drops out [syn: reserve]
someone who takes the place of another (as when things get dangerous or difficult); "the star had a stand-in for dangerous scenes"; "we need extra employees for summer fill-ins" [syn: stand-in, relief, reliever, backup, backup man, fill-in]
v. put in the place of another; switch seemingly equivalent items; "the con artist replaced the original with a fake Rembrandt"; "substitute regular milk with fat-free milk" [syn: replace]
be a substitute; "The young teacher had to substitute for the sick colleague"; "The skim milk substitutes for cream--we are on a strict diet" [syn: sub, stand in, fill in]
act as a substitute; "She stood in for the soprano who suffered from a cold" [syn: deputize, deputise, step in]
Wikipedia
Substitute may refer to:
In economics:
- Substitute good: two goods are substitutes in demand if, when the market price of the first good rises, the demand of the second good also rises, and vice versa.
- Ersatz, an artificial replacement differing in kind from and inferior in quality to what it replaces.
In sports:
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Substitute player
- Substitute (association football)
- Substitute (cricket)
In film and television:
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The Substitute, a 1996 action-crime-thriller film starring Tom Berenger
- The Substitute (soundtrack)
- Substitute (film), a film by Vikash Dhorasoo
- The Substitute (1993 film), a telefilm by Martin Donovan
- The Substitute (2007 film)
- The Substitute (2015 film)
- "Substitute" (Beavis and Butt-head episode)
- "The Substitute" (Lost), an episode of Lost
- "The Substitute" (Recess episode)
- "The Substitute", a Season 1 episode of Saved by the Bell
- "The Substitute", a Glee (season 2) episode
In music:
- "Substitute" (Clout song)
- "Substitute" (Izabella Scorupco song)
- "Substitute" (Righteous Brothers song)
- "Substitute" (The Who song)
In other uses:
- Substitute (character), a control character used in the place of another character
- Substitute teacher, a temporary replacement that takes over in a teacher's absence
- Substitute flag, part of the International maritime signal flags set
- substitute (soldier), replacing someone who has paid a certain amount to buy his way out of drafting, see Enrollment Act (1863). In German, these substitutes were called Einsteher
A substitute in the sport of cricket is a replacement player that the umpires allow when a player has been injured or become ill after the nomination of the players at the start of the game. The rules for substitutes all appear in Law 2 of the Laws of cricket.
In association football, a substitute is a player who is brought on to the pitch during a match in exchange for an existing player. Substitutions are generally made to replace a player who has become tired or injured, or who is performing poorly, or for tactical reasons (such as bringing a striker on in place of a defender). Unlike some sports (such as American football or ice hockey), a player who has been substituted during a match may take no further part in it.
Most competitions only allow each team to make a maximum of three substitutions during a game, although more substitutions are often permitted in non-competitive fixtures such as friendlies. A fourth substitution in extra time is currently being trialled at several tournaments over a two year period. Each team nominates a number of players (typically between five and seven, depending on the competition) who may be used as substitutes; these players typically sit in the technical area with the coaches, and are said to be "on the bench".
A player who is noted for frequently making appearances, or scoring important goals, as a substitute is often informally known as a "super sub".
"Substitute" is a song by the English rock band The Who, written by Pete Townshend. Released in March 1966, the single reached number five in the UK and was later included on the compilation album Meaty Beaty Big and Bouncy in 1971. In 2006, Pitchfork ranked "Substitute" at number ninety-one on the "200 Greatest Songs of the 1960s".
Substitute is a film by French former footballer Vikash Dhorasoo. Filmed before and during the 2006 FIFA World Cup, Dhorasoo "recorded his thoughts and feelings throughout the tournament", resulting in a "deeply unconventional sporting film".
"Substitute" is a song by Willie H. Wilson, recorded first by The Righteous Brothers and released as single from their album The Sons of Mrs. Righteous in 1975.
Usage examples of "substitute".
Bureau of Public Health as a meat substitute for the poor, and affordable by them.
Having done this, I notified the Senate of the fact, and this enabled the wiser heads of the Senate to substitute for the house resolution a resolution approving my action, and in this way the passage of the dangerous resolution was avoided.
Delinquents contrived to purchase their escape from the bastinado by a sum of money, and French gallantry substituted with respect to females the birch for the cane.
If an incision is made in the bark of the stems, and the crown of the root, at the commencement of spring, a resinous gum exudes with a special aromatic flavour as of musk or benzoin, for either of which it can be substituted.
Halitner Grant, as Bett substituted for him most of the time, and he no longer stopped to talk with her in the mornings.
Halimer Grant, as Bett substituted for him most of the time, and he no longer stopped to talk with her in the mornings.
Did we really need licensing boards to protect us from hair braiders, Labor Department rules that keep kids from bagging groceries, an FDA that outlaws fat substitutes?
Dame Honeyball was a likely, plump, bustling little woman, and no bad substitute for that paragon of hostesses, Dame Quickly.
He was spiritually akin to Goethe, also, in that he guarded himself strictly against substituting for the contents of our perception conveyed by nature purely hypothetical entities which, while fashioned after the world of the senses, are, in principle, imperceptible.
She had laid at his feet the printing presses and lithography cameras and delivery vans that allowed him to fight, if not a genuine war, then a tolerable substitute.
It has been contended, and apparently with much reason, that if the use of substitutes were prohibited this would not lead to an increased use of domestic barley, inasmuch as the supply of home barley suitable for malting purposes is of a limited nature.
It was her own do-it-yourself enchantment, a kind of self-hypnosis, substitute for God knew how many thousand dollars worth of psychotherapy.
For microcephalous children of some years of age are a substitute for imaginary, because never practicable, vivisectory experiments, concerning the connection of body and mind.
Her staff was very good at taking the product of a computer, which would simply substitute rough morpheme equivalents in bundles, with various feature and intonation markings attached, and turning these chunks of raw language into suitable vehicles for communication.
When Walpole heard me say this he offered to be my substitute, to which she agreed.