Meaning of replacement

Definition of replacement

(noun) the act of furnishing an equivalent person or thing in the place of another; "replacing the star will not be easy"
someone who takes the place of another person
an event in which one thing is substituted for another; "the replacement of lost blood by a transfusion of donor blood"
a person or thing that takes or can take the place of another
filling again by supplying what has been used up
a person who follows next in order; "he was President Lincoln's successor"

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