Dictionary entry
Substitute
Pronunciation: /ˈsʌbstɪtjuːt/
Pronunciation
/ˈsʌbstɪtjuːt/
Myanmar Meaning
(n) အစားထိုးသူ (v) အစားထိုး
Definition
substitute /'sʌbstÇtju:t; US -tu:t/ n ~ (for sb/sth) အစားထိုးသူ။ အစားထိုးသည့္အရာ။ 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) အစားထိုးသည္။ community health workers being substituted for district nurses ❍ Johnson was substituted at half-time. (ခ) ~ for sb/sth ကိုယ္စားေဆာင္ရြက္သည္။ Can you substitute for me at the meeting? ❏ substitution /sʌbstÇ'tju:ʃn; US -'tu:ʃn/ n [U, C] အစားထိုးျခင္း။ the substitution of computer intelligence for other resources ❍ Two substitutions were made during the match.
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.