substitute
C1Academic AWL-5Frequent NGSL-3UK /ˈsʌbstɪtjuːt/US /ˈsʌbstɪtuːt/
Meaning
noun
a person or thing that you use or have instead of the one you normally use or have
“a meat substitute”
verb
to take the place of somebody/something else; to use somebody/something instead of somebody/something else
“substitute for somebody/something, Nothing can substitute for the advice your doctor is able to give you.”
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“those days was also instructive in another way 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”
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