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Noun substituting has 1 sense
- subbing, substituting - working as a substitute for someone who is ill or on leave of absence
--1 is a kind of work
Verb substitute has 3 senses
- 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
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s something PP
Somebody ----s something with something
- 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
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s PP
- 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
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s somebody
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