Noun substituting has 1 sense
  1. subbing, substituting - working as a substitute for someone who is ill or on leave of absence
    --1 is a kind of work
    Derived forms: verb substitute3, verb substitute2
,Verb substitute has 3 senses
  1. 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"
    --1 is one way to exchange, change, interchange
    Derived forms: noun substitute1, noun substitution1, noun substitution2
    Sample sentences:
    Somebody ----s something
    Somebody ----s something PP
    Somebody ----s something with something
  2. substitute, sub, stand in, fill in - be a substitute; "The young teacher had to substitute for the sick colleague"; "The skim milk substitutes for cream--we are on a strict diet"
    --2 is one way to exchange, change, interchange
    Derived forms: noun substitute3, noun substitute2, noun substitute1, noun substitution1, noun substituting1
    Sample sentences:
    Somebody ----s
    Somebody ----s PP
  3. substitute, deputize, deputise, step in - act as a substitute; "She stood in for the soprano who suffered from a cold"
    --3 is one way to supplant, replace, supersede, supervene upon
    Derived forms: noun substitute2, noun substitute3, noun substituting1
    Sample sentence:
    Somebody ----s somebody
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