substitute a person or thing for (another that is broken or inefficient or lost or no longer working or yielding what is expected); "He replaced the old razor blade"; "We need to replace the secretary that left a month ago"; "the insurance will replace the lost income"; "This antique vase can never be replaced"の代わりに人またはものを代用する(壊れている、能率が悪い、紛失した、これ以上動かないあるいは期待されていることを産出できない別のもの)置換
例:We need to replace the secretary that left a month ago. 私たちは、1カ月前に退職した秘書の交代要員が必要だ。
put something back where it belongs; "replace the book on the shelf after you have finished reading it"; "please put the clean dishes back in the cabinet when you have washed them"それが属する所に何かを戻す返す
take the place or move into the position of; "Smith replaced Miller as CEO after Miller left"; "the computer has supplanted the slide rule"; "Mary replaced Susan as the team's captain and the highest-ranked player in the school"ある地位をとる、またはそれに入り込む取って代わる
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"; "synonyms can be interchanged without a changing the context's meaning"別のものの代わりに置かれる釣替え