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I told her I wanted a plastic surgeon to sew me up, and I wanted her to freeze my ovaries, so I could harvest the eggs and have a biological child through a surrogate.
Fran Drescher

Meaning of "surrogate" in the English dictionary

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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD SURROGATE

From Latin surrogāre to substitute.
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Etymology is the study of the origin of words and their changes in structure and significance.
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PRONUNCIATION OF SURROGATE

surrogate  [ˈsʌrəɡɪt] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF SURROGATE

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Surrogate 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 surrogate in English.

WHAT DOES SURROGATE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of surrogate in the English dictionary

The first definition of surrogate in the dictionary is a person or thing acting as a substitute. Other definition of surrogate is a deputy, such as a clergyman appointed to deputize for a bishop in granting marriage licences. Surrogate is also a person who is a substitute for someone else, esp in childhood when different persons, such as a brother or teacher, can act as substitutes for the parents.


CONJUGATION OF THE VERB TO SURROGATE

PRESENT

Present
I surrogate
you surrogate
he/she/it surrogates
we surrogate
you surrogate
they surrogate
Present continuous
I am surrogating
you are surrogating
he/she/it is surrogating
we are surrogating
you are surrogating
they are surrogating
Present perfect
I have surrogated
you have surrogated
he/she/it has surrogated
we have surrogated
you have surrogated
they have surrogated
Present perfect continuous
I have been surrogating
you have been surrogating
he/she/it has been surrogating
we have been surrogating
you have been surrogating
they have been surrogating
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 surrogated
you surrogated
he/she/it surrogated
we surrogated
you surrogated
they surrogated
Past continuous
I was surrogating
you were surrogating
he/she/it was surrogating
we were surrogating
you were surrogating
they were surrogating
Past perfect
I had surrogated
you had surrogated
he/she/it had surrogated
we had surrogated
you had surrogated
they had surrogated
Past perfect continuous
I had been surrogating
you had been surrogating
he/she/it had been surrogating
we had been surrogating
you had been surrogating
they had been surrogating
Past tense forms express circumstances existing at some time in the past,

FUTURE

Future
I will surrogate
you will surrogate
he/she/it will surrogate
we will surrogate
you will surrogate
they will surrogate
Future continuous
I will be surrogating
you will be surrogating
he/she/it will be surrogating
we will be surrogating
you will be surrogating
they will be surrogating
Future perfect
I will have surrogated
you will have surrogated
he/she/it will have surrogated
we will have surrogated
you will have surrogated
they will have surrogated
Future perfect continuous
I will have been surrogating
you will have been surrogating
he/she/it will have been surrogating
we will have been surrogating
you will have been surrogating
they will have been surrogating
The future is used to express circumstances that will occur at a later time.

CONDITIONAL

Conditional
I would surrogate
you would surrogate
he/she/it would surrogate
we would surrogate
you would surrogate
they would surrogate
Conditional continuous
I would be surrogating
you would be surrogating
he/she/it would be surrogating
we would be surrogating
you would be surrogating
they would be surrogating
Conditional perfect
I would have surrogate
you would have surrogate
he/she/it would have surrogate
we would have surrogate
you would have surrogate
they would have surrogate
Conditional perfect continuous
I would have been surrogating
you would have been surrogating
he/she/it would have been surrogating
we would have been surrogating
you would have been surrogating
they would have been surrogating
Conditional or "future-in-the-past" tense refers to hypothetical or possible actions.

IMPERATIVE

Imperative
you surrogate
we let´s surrogate
you surrogate
The imperative is used to form commands or requests.
NONFINITE VERB FORMS
Infinitive
to surrogate
Past participle
surrogated
Present Participle
surrogating
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.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH SURROGATE


agate
ˈæɡɪt
aggregate
ˈæɡrɪɡɪt
baggit
ˈbæɡɪt
drugget
ˈdrʌɡɪt
frigate
ˈfrɪɡɪt
garget
ˈɡɑːɡɪt
git
ɡɪt
Harrogate
ˈhærəɡɪt
hogget
ˈhɒɡɪt
legate
ˈlɛɡɪt
Newgate
ˈnjuːɡɪt
nontarget
ˈnɒnˌtɑːɡɪt
nugget
ˈnʌɡɪt
profligate
ˈprɒflɪɡɪt
Reigate
ˈraɪɡɪt
retarget
ˌriːˈtɑːɡɪt
ringgit
ˈrɪŋɡɪt
target
ˈtɑːɡɪt
Tlingit
ˈtlɪŋɡɪt
unijugate
ˌjuːnɪˈdʒuːɡɪt

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE SURROGATE

surrender value
surrenderee
surrenderer
surrenderor
surreptitious
surreptitiously
surreptitiousness
surrey
surrogacy
surrogate mother
surrogate motherhood
surrogateship
surrogation
surrogatum
surround
surround sound
surrounding
surroundings
surrounds
surroyal

WORDS THAT END LIKE SURROGATE

abrogate
AND gate
arrogate
delegate
derogate
dogate
exclusive OR gate
gate
homologate
in the aggregate
interrogate
investigate
navigate
prorogate
reinterrogate
subrogate
supererogate
tailgate
theologate
togate

Synonyms and antonyms of surrogate in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «SURROGATE»

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

Translation of «surrogate» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF SURROGATE

Find out the translation of surrogate to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of surrogate from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «surrogate» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

替代的
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

sustituto
570 millions of speakers

English

surrogate
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

सरोगेट
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

بديل
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

суррогатная
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

substituto
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

প্রতিনিধি
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

de substitution
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Pengganti
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Ersatz-
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

代理の
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

대리의
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Surrogate
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

thay thế
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

வாகை
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

बिशपचा प्रतिनिधिक दुय्यम
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

vekil
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

surrogato
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

zastępczym
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

сурогатна
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

surogat
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

υποκατάστατο
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

surrogaat
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

surrogat
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

surrogat
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of surrogate

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «SURROGATE»

The term «surrogate» is quite widely used and occupies the 29.950 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «SURROGATE» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «surrogate» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «surrogate» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about surrogate

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10 QUOTES WITH «SURROGATE»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word surrogate.
1
Ian Anderson
All the time I was playing the flute, the lines, the solos, the riffs, the construction, were based on my guitar skills. I did not play the flute to exploit its natural faculties, but I used it as a surrogate guitar.
2
Elayne Boosler
The Vatican is against surrogate mothers. Good thing they didn't have that rule when Jesus was born.
3
Fran Drescher
I told her I wanted a plastic surgeon to sew me up, and I wanted her to freeze my ovaries, so I could harvest the eggs and have a biological child through a surrogate.
4
Thomas Frank
Surrogate motherhood has been the subject of much philosophical and political dispute over the years.
5
Alfred M. Gray
I don't run democracy. I train troops to defend democracy and I happen to be their surrogate father and mother as well as their commanding general.
6
Martin Jacques
Israel is the agent and surrogate of the United States and as such is treated entirely differently from every other country in the region. How can anyone expect Iran to accept that it is right for Israel to have nuclear weapons while itself being disallowed?
7
Thomas E. Mann
But presidential approval also became a surrogate measure of national unity and patriotism.
8
Mike McCurry
For me, and maybe for many religious kids of the '60s, the church lost relevance the more it became a surrogate in the movement for social and political change.
9
Peter Shaffer
Art and literature are my surrogate religions.
10
Cheryl Tiegs
But when I would see the surrogate, my first instinct, my first reaction would be jealousy, because she was doing what I wanted to do.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «SURROGATE»

Discover the use of surrogate in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to surrogate and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Adoption and Surrogate Pregnancy
This text covers the ways in which adoption and surrogate pregnancy overlap and influence each other, the nuances that further complicate matters, and the controversies surrounding both issues. "...an excellent resource for reports.
Faith Merino, 2010
2
Surrogate Motherhood: Politics and Privacy
This book includes contributions from some of the leading scholars on the legal, ethical, and social aspects of surrogacy, as well as several critical perspectives on the famous Baby M case -- must reading for understanding the surrogate ...
Lawrence O. Gostin, 1990
3
Deciding for Others: The Ethics of Surrogate Decision Making
This book is the most comprehensive treatment available of one of the most urgent--and yet in some respects most neglected--problems in bioethics: decisionmaking for incompetents.
Allen E. Buchanan, 1989
4
Surrogate Motherhood: International Perspectives
A multidisciplinary collection of essays from leading researchers and practitioners, this book explores legal, ethical, social, psychological and practical aspects of surrogate motherhood.
Rachel Cook, Shelley Day Sclater, Felicity Kaganas, 2003
5
Surrogate Motherhood and the Politics of Reproduction
In an analysis of legislative responses to surrogacy in New York and California, the author explores how discourses about gender, family, race, genetics, rights, and choice have shaped policies aimed at this issue.
Susan Markens, 2007
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The Surrogate
The woman on the bed has had her stomach cut into and her unborn child is missing. But this is the third time Phil and his team have seen such an atrocity.
Tania Carver, 2009
7
Birthing a Mother: The Surrogate Body and the Pregnant Self
This is an ethnography which probes the intimate experience of gestational surrogate motherhood. Teman shows how surrogates and intended mothers carefully negotiate their cooperative endeavour.
Elly Teman, 2010
8
Engineering Design via Surrogate Modelling: A Practical Guide
This collection of advanced concepts (visualization, constraint handling, coping with noisy data, gradient-enhanced modelling, multi-fidelity analysis and multiple objectives) represents an invaluable reference manual for engineers and ...
Alexander Forrester, Dr. Andras Sobester, Andy Keane, 2008
9
Engineering design via surrogate modelling: a practical guide
This collection of advanced concepts (visualization, constraint handling, coping with noisy data, gradient-enhanced modelling, multi-fidelity analysis and multiple objectives) represents an invaluable reference manual for engineers and ...
Alexander I. J. Forrester, András Sóbester, A. J. Keane, 2008
10
The Evaluation of Surrogate Endpoints
This book offers a balanced account on this controversial topic.
Tomasz Burzykowski, Geert Molenberghs, Marc Buyse, 2006

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «SURROGATE»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term surrogate is used in the context of the following news items.
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Surrogate Children Get Legal Recognition in France
(PARIS) — France's highest court has granted legal recognition to surrogate children, in a major turnaround that will make their daily lives easier and could lead ... «TIME, Jul 15»
2
Surrogate Parenting: A Worldwide Industry, Lacking Global Rules
In the U.S., surrogate parenting is widely accepted. Although no official figures exist, experts believe perhaps a thousand American children are born every year ... «NPR, Jun 15»
3
Perez Hilton welcomes baby girl via surrogate
Hilton says his daughter, Mia Alma, was born Saturday afternoon via surrogate. The celebrity blogger said by phone Monday that spending the day with his mom ... «CBS News, May 15»
4
Israel Evacuates Surrogate Babies From Nepal but Leaves the …
The infants' arrival completed the evacuation of 26 surrogate Israeli babies from Nepal, where a devastating earthquake on Saturday killed more than 4,000. «TIME, Apr 15»
5
Giuliana and Bill Rancic's Surrogate Suffers Another Miscarriage
Giuliana and Bill Rancic started the new year by learning the devastating news that their surrogate suffered a miscarriage while she was pregnant with their last ... «TV Guide, Apr 15»
6
Thailand Moves To Outlaw Surrogate Services To Foreigners
Thailand's parliament has given preliminary approval to a law that would make it illegal for women in the country to hire themselves out as surrogate mothers to ... «NPR, Feb 15»
7
Jimmy Fallon Welcomes Second Daughter Via Surrogate
Both Fallon babies were born via surrogate.” Take Our Poll. We think it's so cool that celebrities are taking different avenues to create and expand their families! «Hollywood Life, Dec 14»
8
'Glee Creator' Ryan Murphy Welcomes a 2nd Son by Surrogate
The TV producer and Miller welcomed Logan, their first child, also by surrogate, on Christmas Eve 2012, five months after tying the knot at a wedding ceremony ... «ABC News, Oct 14»
9
Ellen Pompeo, husband Chris Ivery welcome second daughter via …
“Sienna was born via surrogate & I would like to thank my whole @ShondalandTV family for helping us enjoy these first few weeks privately,” she tweeted. «New York Daily News, Oct 14»
10
Australian man whose biological twin were born in Thailand via …
They were born via a surrogate mother named Siriwan Nitichad and known as Aon ... had come to Thailand to meet her, they begged her to be their surrogate. «Daily Mail, Sep 14»

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