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Verb
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simple past tense and past participle of replace

"After the old manager retired, a new team leader replaced him to oversee the department."

In plain English: To replace something means to take it out and put a new one in its place.

"The old phone was replaced by a newer model last week."

Example Sentences
"The old phone was replaced by a newer model last week." verb
"She replaced the old light bulb with a new energy-saving one." verb
"The manager decided to replace the broken chair before lunch arrived." verb
"We need to replace our tires soon because they are worn out." verb
See Also
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Origin

Derived from Old French replacer, this past tense form combines the prefix re- with Latin ponere to mean "to put back" or "to set again." It originally referred to physically returning an object to its former position before evolving to signify substitution.

Rhyming Words
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