Verb replace has 4 senses
  1. replace - 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"
    --1 is one way to
    regenerate, renew
    Derived forms: noun replacement3, noun replacement1, noun replacement4, noun replacement2, noun replacing1
    Sample sentences:
    Somebody ----s something
    Somebody ----s somebody
    Somebody ----s somebody PP
    Somebody ----s something with something
  2. supplant, replace, supersede, supervene upon - 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"
    --2 is one way to succeed, come after, follow
    Derived forms: noun replacement3, noun replacement4, noun replacement2, noun replacing1
    Sample sentences:
    Somebody ----s something
    Somebody ----s somebody
    Something ----s somebody
    Something ----s something
  3. substitute, replace - 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"
    --3 is one way to exchange, change, interchange
    Derived form: noun replacement2
    Sample sentences:
    Somebody ----s something
    Somebody ----s something PP
    Somebody ----s something with something
  4. replace, put back - 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"
    --4 is one way to put, set, place, pose, position, lay
    Sample sentences:
    Somebody ----s something
    Somebody ----s something PP
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