substitution

IPA(Pronunciation)

Noun

countable uncountable especially

The act of substituting or the state of being substituted. / A substitute or replacement.

Japanese Meaning

入れ替え、置き換え（あるものを他のもので代用する行為または状態） / 代替、代用品、交換（交換される側、代わりに用いられるもの）

The referee questioned the timing of the substitution during the final minutes.

審判は終了間際の交代のタイミングを疑問視した。

Sense（1）

The act of substituting or the state of being substituted.

In this football tournament, three substitutions can be made during the match.

Sense（2）

A substitute or replacement.

Gary is off this weekend, so Jeff will be his substitution.

Sense（3）

(chemistry, especially organic chemistry) The replacement of an atom, or group of atoms, in a compound, with another.

Sense（4）

(linguistics) The expansion of the lexicon of a language by native means in correspondence to a foreign term.

Coordinate term: importation

substitutions

（ plural ）