REPLACING

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does replacing mean? 

• REPLACING (noun)
  The noun REPLACING has 1 sense:

1. the act of furnishing an equivalent person or thing in the place of another

  Familiarity information: REPLACING used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• REPLACING (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The act of furnishing an equivalent person or thing in the place of another

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

replacement; replacing

Context example:

replacing the star will not be easy

Hypernyms ("replacing" is a kind of...):

commutation; exchange; substitution (the act of putting one thing or person in the place of another:)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "replacing"):

novation ((law) the replacement of one obligation by another by mutual agreement of both parties; usually the replacement of one of the original parties to a contract with the consent of the remaining party)

pitching change (replacing a pitcher in baseball)

supersedure; supersession (act of replacing one person or thing by another especially one held to be superior)

displacement; supplanting (act of taking the place of another especially using underhanded tactics)

Derivation:

replace (substitute a person or thing for (another that is broken or inefficient or lost or no longer working or yielding what is expected))

replace (take the place or move into the position of)

 Context examples 

Replacing a damaged nerve with a section of a healthy nerve that has been removed from another part of the body.

(Nerve grafting, NCI Dictionary)

In contrast, replacing carbohydrates with plant-based foods was linked to a lower risk of mortality.

(Moderate Carbohydrate Intake May be Best for Health, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)

The transfer of a healthy kidney from a donor to a patient for the purpose of replacing one of the failing kidneys of the patient.

(Kidney Transplantation, NCI Thesaurus)

In vivo, fluoruracil is converted to the active metabolite 5-fluoroxyuridine monophosphate (F-UMP); replacing uracil, F-UMP incorporates into RNA and inhibits RNA processing, thereby inhibiting cell growth.

(Fluorouracil, NCI Thesaurus)

Treatment includes replacing fluid and salts and sometimes antibiotics.

(Cholera, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)

This protein is also capable of replacing macrophage requirements for T-cell activation

(Interleukin-1-alpha, NCI Thesaurus)

One example of a knock-in is deletion of a coding sequence of a gene in a mouse and then replacing it with human coding sequences.

(Knock-in, NCI Thesaurus)

A method of replacing immature blood-forming cells that were destroyed by treatment with anticancer drugs.

(Autologous Stem Cell Rescue, NCI Dictionary)

By replacing the GAGs damaged by chemotherapy and/or radiation, this mouthwash may protect healthy tissue against the cytotoxic effects of chemotherapy and radiation and may prevent against radio-chemotherapy-induced mucositis.

(Heparan Sulfate Glycosaminoglycan Mimetic Nanopolymer Mouthwash, NCI Thesaurus)

A sterol derivative of cholesterol with two nitrogen atoms replacing two carbon atoms that acts as a hypocholesteremic agent by blocking delta-24-reductase.

(Azacosterol, NCI Thesaurus)