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Substitution

nounverified·updated May 18, 2026

the act of putting one thing or person in the place of another: 'he sent Smith in for Jones but the substitution came too late to help'

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Senses

Wordset Dictionary

an event in which one thing is substituted for another

Classifications

Entity Type

Unknownauthoritativeglossary_import_default_pending_classifier
?unassignedlast reviewed

Sensitivity

unclassified

Information Class

unclassified

Variants

synonym
exchangetransposition
plural
Substitutions
possessive
Substitution's
pluralpossessive
Substitutions'