Meaning of "substitute" in the English dictionary

ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD SUBSTITUTE

From Latin substituere, from sub- in place of + statuere to set up.

Etymology is the study of the origin of words and their changes in structure and significance.

PRONUNCIATION OF SUBSTITUTE

substitute  [ˈsʌbstɪˌtjuːt]

GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF SUBSTITUTE

Substitute is a verb and can also act as a noun.

A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

The verb is the part of the sentence that is conjugated and expresses action and state of being.

See the conjugation of the verb substitute in English.

WHAT DOES SUBSTITUTE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Substitute

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: ▪ Substitute player ▪ Substitute ▪ Substitute In film and television: ▪ The Substitute, a 1996 action-crime-thriller film starring Tom Berenger ▪ The Substitute ▪ Substitute, a film by Vikash Dhorasoo ▪ The Substitute, a telefilm by Martin Donovan ▪ The Substitute ▪ "Substitute" ▪ "The Substitute", an episode of Lost ▪ "The Substitute" ▪ "The Substitute", a Season 1 episode of Saved by the Bell ▪ "The Substitute", a Glee episode In music: ▪ "Substitute" ▪ "Substitute" ▪ "Substitute" ▪ "Substitute" In other uses: ▪...

Definition of substitute in the English dictionary

The first definition of substitute in the dictionary is to serve or cause to serve in place of another person or thing. Other definition of substitute is to replace with. Substitute is also to replace by in the context of a third, as replacing x + y for x in 3 x = k gives 3 x + 3 y = k.

CONJUGATION OF THE VERB TO SUBSTITUTE

PRESENT

Present

I substitute

you substitute

he/she/it substitutes

we substitute

you substitute

they substitute

Present continuous

I am substituting

you are substituting

he/she/it is substituting

we are substituting

you are substituting

they are substituting

Present perfect

I have substituted

you have substituted

he/she/it has substituted

we have substituted

you have substituted

they have substituted

Present perfect continuous

I have been substituting

you have been substituting

he/she/it has been substituting

we have been substituting

you have been substituting

they have been substituting

Present tense is used to refer to circumstances that exist at the present time or over a period that includes the present time. The present perfect refers to past events, although it can be considered to denote primarily the resulting present situation rather than the events themselves.

PAST

Past

I substituted

you substituted

he/she/it substituted

we substituted

you substituted

they substituted

Past continuous

I was substituting

you were substituting

he/she/it was substituting

we were substituting

you were substituting

they were substituting

Past perfect

I had substituted

you had substituted

he/she/it had substituted

we had substituted

you had substituted

they had substituted

Past perfect continuous

I had been substituting

you had been substituting

he/she/it had been substituting

we had been substituting

you had been substituting

they had been substituting

Past tense forms express circumstances existing at some time in the past,

FUTURE

Future

I will substitute

you will substitute

he/she/it will substitute

we will substitute

you will substitute

they will substitute

Future continuous

I will be substituting

you will be substituting

he/she/it will be substituting

we will be substituting

you will be substituting

they will be substituting

Future perfect

I will have substituted

you will have substituted

he/she/it will have substituted

we will have substituted

you will have substituted

they will have substituted

Future perfect continuous

I will have been substituting

you will have been substituting

he/she/it will have been substituting

we will have been substituting

you will have been substituting

they will have been substituting

The future is used to express circumstances that will occur at a later time.

CONDITIONAL

Conditional

I would substitute

you would substitute

he/she/it would substitute

we would substitute

you would substitute

they would substitute

Conditional continuous

I would be substituting

you would be substituting

he/she/it would be substituting

we would be substituting

you would be substituting

they would be substituting

Conditional perfect

I would have substitute

you would have substitute

he/she/it would have substitute

we would have substitute

you would have substitute

they would have substitute

Conditional perfect continuous

I would have been substituting

you would have been substituting

he/she/it would have been substituting

we would have been substituting

you would have been substituting

they would have been substituting

Conditional or "future-in-the-past" tense refers to hypothetical or possible actions.

IMPERATIVE

Imperative

you substitute
we let´s substitute
you substitute

The imperative is used to form commands or requests.

NONFINITE VERB FORMS

Infinitive

to substitute

Past participle

substituted

Present Participle

substituting

Infinitive shows the action beyond temporal perspective. The present participle or gerund shows the action during the session. The past participle shows the action after completion.

SYNONYMS OF «SUBSTITUTE»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «substitute» and belong to the same grammatical category.

synonyms of substitute

acting · additional · alternative · change · commute · depute · deputy · equivalent · exchange · expedient · interchange · locum · locum tenens · makeshift · proxy · relief · relieve · replace · replacement · representative · reserve · second · stopgap · sub · surrogate · swap · switch · take the place of · temp · temporary

TRANSLATION OF SUBSTITUTE

Find out the translation of substitute to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.

The translations of substitute from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «substitute» in English.

• Translator English - Chinese: 替代品
• Translator English - Spanish: sustituto
• English: substitute
• Translator English - Hindi: विकल्प
• Translator English - Arabic: بَدِيل
• Translator English - Russian: заменитель
• Translator English - Portuguese: substituto
• Translator English - Bengali: বিকল্প
• Translator English - French: remplaçant
• Translator English - Malay: Pengganti
• Translator English - German: Ersatz
• Translator English - Japanese: 代用
• Translator English - Korean: 대체물
• Translator English - Javanese: Pengganti
• Translator English - Vietnamese: cái thay thế
• Translator English - Tamil: மாற்றாக
• Translator English - Marathi: पर्यायी
• Translator English - Turkish: vekil
• Translator English - Italian: sostituto
• Translator English - Polish: substytut
• Translator English - Ukrainian: заміна
• Translator English - Romanian: înlocuitor
• Translator English - Greek: υποκατάστατο
• Translator English - Afrikaans: plaasvervanger
• Translator English - Swedish: ersättning
• Translator English - Norwegian: erstatning

10 QUOTES WITH «SUBSTITUTE»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word substitute.

1

Andre Agassi

Nothing can substitute for just plain hard work. I had to put in the time to get back. And it was a grind. It meant training and sweating every day. But I was completely committed to working out to prove to myself that I still could do it.

2

Hannes Alfven

To try to write a grand cosmical drama leads necessarily to myth. To try to let knowledge substitute ignorance in increasingly larger regions of space and time is science.

3

Francesca Annis

However successful you are, there is no substitute for a close relationship. We all need them.

4

Steve Ballmer

We can believe that we know where the world should go. But unless we're in touch with our customers, our model of the world can diverge from reality. There's no substitute for innovation, of course, but innovation is no substitute for being in touch, either.

5

Maria Bartiromo

I think that my biggest attribute to any success that I have had is hard work. There really is no substitute for working hard.

6

Carl Bernstein

The greatest felony in the news business today is to be behind, or to miss a big story. So speed and quantity substitute for thoroughness and quality, for accuracy and context.

7

Gordon Bethune

The substitute for knowledge is money.

8

Georges Braque

To define a thing is to substitute the definition for the thing itself.

9

Heather Bresch

There is simply no substitute for hard work when it comes to achieving success.

10

Andrew Brown

The Internet is so big, so powerful and pointless that for some people it is a complete substitute for life.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «SUBSTITUTE»

Discover the use of substitute in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to substitute and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.

Substitute Parents: Biological and Social Perspectives on ...

Studying offspring care in a various human societies, and other mammalian species, a wide range of specialists such as anthropologists, psychologists, animal behaviorists, evolutionary ecologists, economists and sociologists, have ...

Gillian Bentley, Ruth Mace, 2013

Jamaica and the Substitute Teacher

Jamaica likes the substitute teacher, Mrs.

Juanita Havill, 2001

Substitute Teaching from A to Z

Become the go-to substitute teacher that every school district is searching for. Ask any school administrator: a top-notch substitute teacher is golden, and this book gives you the Midas touch.

Barbara Pressman, 2007

Substitute for love

There can be nothing else.' Although sexually fulfilled for the first time in her life, Holly soon realizes that pleasure without emotion is no substitute for love - a love she knows she and Reyna could share.

Karin Kallmaker, 2001

The Organized Teacher’s Guide to Substitute Teaching

What other educator bravely goes into work not knowing what subject or grade he or she will teach that day and still manages a smile? But even superheroes need a little help; that is where this book comes in.

Steve Springer, Kimberly Persiani, 2012

Substitute Groundhog

But at the substitute auditions, Groundhog realizes that none of his friends is quite right for the job. Will he be able to find a substitute or will Groundhog Day be cancelled this year?

Pat Miller, 2014

The Animal Substitute: An Ethnological Perspective on the ...

Presents an interdisciplinary study that combines art history, ethnology and sociology to examine the ways in which such "animal substitutes" as North American duck decoys and other utilitarian objects from a variety of cultures have ...

Marjolein Efting Dijkstra, 2010

No Substitute for Sundays: Brett Favre and His Year in the ...

In No Substitute for Sundays, longtime New York Post sports columnist Steve Serby captures the ups and downs of Favre's bold, brief tenure with the Jets and what seemed destined to be the swan song of his legendary NFL career.

Steve Serby, 2009

The Substitute Millionaire

Except now she was having the enemy's baby…. Look for Susan Mallery's new Fool's Gold trilogy, starting in June with Just One Kiss from Harlequin HQN! And don't miss the series prequel novella, Halfway There, coming in May 2013!

Susan Mallery, 2013

Substitute Teacher Solutions

"...12 educationally-based articles and stories organized by suggested grade levels.

Judy A. Johnson, Bonnie J. Krueger, 2009

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «SUBSTITUTE»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term substitute is used in the context of the following news items.

Chobani Greek yogurt to be meat substitute in school lunches

The USDA decided in April to include Greek yogurt as a permanent option in its school lunch program after classifying it as an approved meat substitute in 2013. «CBS News, Jun 15»

Phila. School District to outsource substitute teachers

The SRC voted unanimously to give Source4Teachers, based in Cherry Hill, N.J., a $34 million contract to manage substitute staffing services for two years. «Philly.com, Jun 15»

Phila. schools set to outsource teacher substitutes

The Philadelphia School District is poised to pay a Cherry Hill firm up to $34 million to provide substitute teachers for its classrooms over two school years. «Philly.com, Jun 15»

More charges against substitute teacher in sexual battery case

Police said Carlos Rojas Paz, 25, who was working at Boyd Anderson High School, detailed to them how he pursued the students through social media, text ... «Local 10, Jun 15»

An Irreplaceable Replacement, This Sub Gets The Job Done

One of the toughest jobs in education is the substitute teacher. The pay is low, schedules are unpredictable and respect can be hard to come by. But because ... «NPR, May 15»

Substitute teacher appears to hit students with belt in shocking video

BRANDYWINE, Md. (MyFoxBoston.com) — A substitute teacher in Prince George's County, Maryland, is under fire after a shocking video surfaced that appears ... «My Fox Boston, May 15»

Maryland Substitute Teacher Caught Using a Belt to Discipline …

New video apparently shows a substitute teacher in Maryland beating a student with what appears to be a leather belt. In the video, children can be heard ... «ABC News, May 15»

Substitute teachers could be outsourced in Des Moines

The Des Moines school board could decide as soon as Tuesday whether to outsource the district's substitute teachers and teacher associates to a temp agency, ... «DesMoinesRegister.com, May 15»

Football players' union backs idea of use of four substitutes

Bayern Munich players sit on the substitutes bench during their game against Borussia Dortmund. Photograph: Guenter Schiffmann/AFP/Getty Images. «The Guardian, Apr 15»

Gay Substitute Teacher Finds Strength In Faith After Being Denied …

A substitute teacher who says he was denied a job at a Roman Catholic high school when the administration discovered his sexual orientation is finding strength ... «Huffington Post, Apr 15»