Substitute means: To use in place of something else, with the same function. Related words include secondary or replace. Below you'll find 20 example sentences showing how to use Substitute in practice.
Substitute in a sentence
Related words
Substitute meaning
- To use in place of something else, with the same function.
- To use X in place of Y.
- To use Y in place of X; to replace X with Y.
Synonyms of Substitute
Substitute in Dutch
Example sentences (20)
Gurbaz failed to make his ground and Buttler whipped off the bails from a throw by substitute fielder David Willey.
Any time you see a recipe that calls for rotisserie chicken, you can, of course, substitute a bird you cook yourself.
Centralia defeated Chicago Carver, thanks to a last-second shot by Anthony Smedley, who was a last minute substitute.
Departed after the conclusion of last season, having featured as a late substitute against Millwall on the final day.
A popular demand by several members was also to underline that India was a substitute for Bharat in “English language”.
Brian Covey posted a video of empty library shelves in the middle school where he was teaching as a substitute.
Fulham substitute Sasa Lukic had the chance to pull a goal back in the 77th with a shot from around six yards (meters).
Cork already has one England cap to his name after making a substitute appearance in a friendly against Germany in 2017.
But when we are starving, and we feed ourselves with empty calories - a poor substitute for real nutrition - what happens?
And yet the shirt number can have another meaning: Nketiah has often seemed roughly the 14th man, the perennial substitute.
Brown's most recent active involvement was against France, when he impressed as a second-half substitute in the 4-1 defeat.
He has made one appearance for England, coming on as a substitute in a 3-0 friendly win over Wales in 2020.
Evans came on as a second-half substitute for Scotland and could take some small comfort in receiving her landmark 100th cap.
A second half hat-trick from substitute Sean Butcher helped Fraserburgh come from behind to defeat Lossiemouth 3-1 at Bellslea.
He is currently on assignment at the European Under-21 Championship with Portugal, where he has made two substitute appearances.
Blankendal, a former Dandy Town forward, came on as a second-half substitute and netted his team’s third goal in the 85th minute.
However, substitute Erin Henderson popped up in the dying seconds to head home a dramatic equaliser.
Bro Science is junk science spewed by men who believe their charisma is a substitute for training.
Back then it was Blair Kinghorn with the killer try in the closing minute; this time it was substitute Josh Bayliss who touched down.
Hale, 28, also shot and killed custodian Mike Hill and substitute teacher Cynthia Peak, both 61, and school head Katherine Koonce, 60.
Common combinations with substitute
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- substitute for 39×
- as substitute 33×
- substitute in 13×
- and substitute 12×
- substitute teacher 7×
- to substitute 7×
- with substitute 6×
- not substitute 6×
- unused substitute 6×
- substitute the 6×
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About these examples
The 20 examples on this page contain the complete word substitute. Duplicate, incomplete, unusually short and technically noisy sentences are removed automatically. The definition is sourced from Wiktionary. Read more about our sources and checks on the About Voorbeeldzinnen.info page or see how to report a correction.