replacement Meaning, Definition & Usage

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

WordNet


Re*place"ment noun
Definitions
  1. The act of replacing.
  2. (Crystallog.) The removal of an edge or an angle by one or more planes.

Webster 1913