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

  1. Instead of using silicon
  2. they have substituted a more flexible material.
  3. [substitute something for something] : You can substitute chicken for beef if you don’t like red meat.
  4. The objective is to substitute real democratic politics for conflict and violence.
  5. She suggested that we take out the word ‘demand’ and substitute ‘request’.
  6. [substitute something for something] : Police investigators substituted Palmer’s bag for a similar one
  7. then followed him to his hideout.
  8. [substitute something with something] : Owing to the high insurance costs
  9. the original painting has been substituted with a copy.
  10. He limped off with an injured ankle and was substituted by Tucker.
  11. [substitute for] : Mark will substitute for me tomorrow.