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substitution

/sʌbstɪˈtjuːʃn/

US pronunciation
American sound/sʌbstɪˈtjuːʃn/
sʌbstɪˈtjuːʃn
Syllables
3 syllables
Stress
3rd syllable stress
Vowel
Short i vowel
Ending
Final -tion sounds like shun

sʌbstɪ - ˈtjuːʃn -> substitution

Myanmar meaning

(n) အစားထိုးခြင်း။

Full entry

substitute /'sʌbstÇtju:t; US -tu:t/ n ~ (for sb/sth)

အစားထိုးသူ။ အစားထိုးသည့်အရာ။
Everton substitute Mick Harris scored a minute from time. ❍ This type of vinyl is no/a poor substitute for (ie not as good as ) leather. ❍ a substitute parent/player/teacher.
v (က) ~ sb/sth (for sb/sth) အစားထိုးသည်။ community health workers being substituted for district nurses ❍ Johnson was substituted at half-time.
(ခ) ~ for sb/sth ကိုယ်စားဆောင်ရွက်သည်။ Can you substitute for me at the meeting?
❏ substitution /sʌbstÇ'tju:ʃn; US -'tu:ʃn/ n [U, C] အစားထိုးခြင်း။ the substitution of computer intelligence for other resources
❍ Two substitutions were made during the match.

More examples
  • Instead of using silicon, they have substituted a more flexible material.
  • [substitute something for something] : You can substitute chicken for beef if you don’t like red meat.
  • The objective is to substitute real democratic politics for conflict and violence.
  • She suggested that we take out the word ‘demand’ and substitute ‘request’.
  • [substitute something for something] : Police investigators substituted Palmer’s bag for a similar one, then followed him to his hideout.
  • [substitute something with something] : Owing to the high insurance costs, the original painting has been substituted with a copy.
  • He limped off with an injured ankle and was substituted by Tucker.
  • [substitute for] : Mark will substitute for me tomorrow.
Synonyms
alternate, replacement, stand-in, surrogate, proxy, deputy, reserve, act for, acting, additional, agent, alternative, ancillary, another, answer for, artificial, assistant, auxiliary, back up, backup, be in place of, change, changeling, commute, counterfeit, cover for, delegate, deputize, deputize for, dernier ressort, displace, do the work of, double, double for, dummy, equivalent, ersatz, exchange, expediency, expedient, experimental, extra, false, fill in for, fill one's position, fill-in, ghost, ghost writer, go as, imitation, interchange, locum, locum tenens, makeshift, mock, near, oppositely, or, other, pinch-hitter, procurator, provisional, pseudo, recourse, refuge, relay, relief, relieve, replace, replace with, representative, resort, resource, second, serve in one's stead, sham, simulated, spell, spurious, stand for, stand in for, standby, stopgap, sub, substitutive, succedaneum, successor, supernumerary, supersede, supplant, supplanter, supplemental, supplementary, supply, supposititious, swap, swap places with, switch, symbol, symbolic, take another's place, take over, take the place of, temp, temporary, temporary expedient, tentative, understudy, use instead, vicar, vicarial, vicarious
Antonyms
being, continue, entity, finished, genuine, keep, permanent, real, true
Cross references
alternatereplacementstand-insurrogateproxydeputyreserveact foractingadditionalagentalternativeancillaryanotheranswer forartificialassistantauxiliaryback upbackupbe in place ofchangechangelingcommutecounterfeitcover fordelegatedeputize
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