Synonym: change, exchange, replace, shift, switch. Similar words: destitute, constitute, institution, restitution, constitution, institutional, constitutional, unconstitutional. Meaning: ['sʌbstɪtuːt /-tjuːt] 
n. 1. a person or thing that takes or can take the place of another 2. an athlete who plays only when a starter on the team is replaced 3. someone who takes the place of another (as when things get dangerous or difficult). v. 1. put in the place of another; switch seemingly equivalent items 2. be a substitute 3. act as a substitute. adj. 1. being a replacement or substitute for a regular member of a team 2. capable of substituting in any of several positions on a team 3. artificial and inferior.
n. 1. a person or thing that takes or can take the place of another 2. an athlete who plays only when a starter on the team is replaced 3. someone who takes the place of another (as when things get dangerous or difficult). v. 1. put in the place of another; switch seemingly equivalent items 2. be a substitute 3. act as a substitute. adj. 1. being a replacement or substitute for a regular member of a team 2. capable of substituting in any of several positions on a team 3. artificial and inferior. 
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91) Not very, despite the fact that gas can substitute 50-80% of diesel oil.
92) The possession of a book becomes a substitute for reading it. Anthony Burgess 
93) However, the Czech government contended that it could not afford to stop selling arms until substitute industries were in place.
94) Although occasionally an older vessel may substitute for one in dry dock, many venerable craft have been pensioned off.
95) The recommendation to substitute two egg whites for each whole egg is ubiquitous.
96) When families can not afford this approach, they sometimes substitute less frequent, longer stays.
97) But substitute Nick Barmby's late shot against the bar excepted, few could think of any.
98) If you like, include individually wrapped, reduced-fat string cheese for calcium or substitute fruit juice for the dried fruit.
99) It had proved quite an exciting substitute for lost love, and a pacifier in that time of grave trouble.
100) He was a deputy lieutenant of Selkirkshire and an honorary sheriff substitute.
101) New friends partly substitute for an extended family and help with the adjustment to the newborn.
102) Gina Smouse notes that by using low-fat evaporated milk and egg substitute, the fat content of the pudding will be lower.
103) The incentive for business to substitute work for capital has been working with particular force since the end of the cold war.
104) Books are good enough in their own way but they are a mighty bloodless substitute for life. Robert Louis Stevenson
105) However, unless they include well-amplified organ tones, they are a useful addition to the organ rather than a substitute for it.
106) Republicans had threatened to block consideration of the Castle-Tanner substitute, authored primarily by Rep.
107) Doctors had to perform a colostomy, rerouting the undamaged intestinal tract to a substitute opening in her lower abdomen.
108) A good polish reviver can be made by mixing equal parts of raw linseed oil, substitute turps and vinegar.
109) You may substitute another policy if its cover for watersports and sailing is equivalent or better.
110) Apart from considerations of cost, the changing forms of family life also supported a move to substitute family care rather than institutional care.
111) Explanatory sketches, diagrams, and photographs substitute for equations and help make up for lack of prior knowledge of other sciences.
112) Eventually money becomes worthless, and people are forced to barter or substitute with other sorts of currencies, like cigarettes.
113) If additional sweetness is desired, substitute a syrup made from 3 cups sugar and 1 quart water for the liquid.
114) Ironically, substitute Andy Roddie's introduction for all the wrong reasons briefly turned the game to their advantage.
115) For a mild, self-effacing family man, substitute a vibrant, powerful family man who pays due tribute to Margaret Thatcher.
115) Sentencedict.com try its best to gather and build good sentences.
116) They are likely to need very careful handling if their substitute parents are to establish a happy relationship with them.
117) Nobody gets injured, but some one may be called to supper or a dental appointment and require a substitute.
118) The substitute scroll is smaller, and the bark is noticeably lighter in colour.
119) It is certainly not a substitute for good old-fashioned interviewing or communications skills.
120) But Chiron did do this and Zeus seems to have accepted him as a substitute.
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