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# substitute

«substitute» in Mova's judaism dictionary: **a person or thing used instead of another** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 1 sentence of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

noun (a substitute, substitutes; a sub); verb (substitute, substitutes, substituted, substituting)

### meaning for a pupil

1) A substitute is a person or thing used instead of another. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/substitute/#m1)

2) In sport a substitute (a «sub») is a player who comes on to replace another player. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/substitute/#m2)

3) To substitute is to put one thing in the place of another. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/substitute/#m3)

4) A substitute teacher is a teacher who takes a class when the usual teacher is away (USA: substitute teacher; UK: supply teacher; Australia: relief teacher). [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/substitute/#m4)

### sense in the lessons

In maths, «substitute» means put a number in place of a letter or symbol: «substitute 3 for n» means replace n with 3. In cooking you can substitute one ingredient for another. In sport the coach makes a substitution. In school a substitute teacher takes the class for a day. Phrases: «substitute A for B», «a substitute for», «come on as a substitute».

### examples

- We had a substitute teacher today. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/substitute/#x1)
- He came on as a substitute in the second half. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/substitute/#x2)
- You can substitute honey for sugar in this recipe. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/substitute/#x3)
- Substitute 4 for x: 2 × 4 = 8. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/substitute/#x4)
- There is no substitute for practice. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/substitute/#x5)
- The sub scored the winning goal. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/substitute/#x6)
- She substituted a pencil for the broken pen. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/substitute/#x7)
- He therefore insisted on Heracles substituting two more labours in their place. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/substitute/#x8)

### note

Order trap: «substitute A for B» means use A instead of B. Noun: substitution. Maths: if n = 5, substitute 5 for n in n + 3 to get 8. Short form: sub.

### In the corpora

- [A substitute or supply teacher deserves the same good behaviour as your usual teacher.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/121-greeting-adults-and-teachers/14/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «substitute» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/substitute/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.