Meaning → video example → shadowing
English word
substitute
C1Academic AWL-5Frequent NGSL-3a person or thing that you use or have instead of the one you normally use or have
to take the place of somebody/something else; to use somebody/something instead of somebody/something else
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Because the graphics were so primitive by today's standards, we asked ourselves how we could spur the players' imaginations as a substitute for what we couldn't display on the screen.
Satoru Iwata - Heart of a Gamer
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