Betekenis van replace In het Nederlands

• 0 to take the place of something, or to put something or someone in the place of something or someone else:

  • The factory replaced most of its workers with robots.

  • Tourism has replaced agriculture as the nation's main industry.

  • I promised to replace the plate that I'd dropped.

• 1 to put something back where it was before:

  • The librarian replaced the books correctly on the shelves.

• 2 to take the place of something or put in the place of something or someone else:

  • We replaced our old air conditioners.

  • The ailing actress was replaced by her understudy.

• 3 to put something back where it was before:

  • After dusting the vase, she replaced it on the shelf.

• 4 to take the place of something or someone else:

  • The single farm payment will replace all subsidy schemes in January.

  • Four people have left the DA's office and not been replaced.

  • replace sth with sth The majority of British people are opposed to replacing the pound sterling with the euro.

  • replace sb as sth He'll be replaced as undersecretary by Kate Michael.

• 5 to change something that is old, damaged, lost, etc. for something newer or better:

  • The machines were too expensive to replace.

  • A lot of technology in this hospital is ancient and needs to be replaced.

  • The company guarantees to replace a stolen handset within 24 hours.