American English pronunciation
How to pronounce substitutions
IPA transcription: [,sʌbstɪt'juʃənz]
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Noun
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an event in which one thing is substituted for another
“the replacement of lost blood by a transfusion of donor blood”
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the act of putting one thing or person in the place of another:
“he sent Smith in for Jones but the substitution came too late to help”
Usage examples
- Coaches now have the right to make such substitutions without having to falsify injuries.
- Coupling reactions can also be considered radical substitutions.
- Some of these conventions include the introduction of punctuation and the substitutions of symbols.
- This reduced United to eight men, with no more substitutions left.