substituting
Variant of substitute
sub·sti·tute (sub′stə to̵̅o̅t′, -tyo̵̅o̅t′)
noun
- a person or thing serving or used in place of another
- Gram. any word or word group, as a pronoun, the verb to do, etc., used in place of another word or words (Ex.: did for shouted in “she shouted and he did, too”)
Etymology: ME < L substitutus, pp. of substituere, to put instead of < sub-, under + statuere, to put, place: see statue
transitive verb substituted -·tut′ed, substituting -·tut′·ing
- to put or use in place of another
- Now Rare to take the place of
- Chem. to replace as a substituent
intransitive verb
adjective
Related Forms:
- substitutable sub′·sti·tut′·able adjective
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