Meaning & use
Substituting
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Using or putting one person or thing in place of another.
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The recipe works just as well when substituting almond milk for regular milk.
A backup goalkeeper came on, substituting for the injured starter in the second half.
A note on using this word
In sports, "substituting" specifically refers to the formal act of exchanging one player for another during a match, tracked in official rules.
Words with a similar meaning
replacingswappingexchanging
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Words with an opposite meaning
retainingkeeping
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