What does substituting mean?

Definitions for substituting
sub·sti·tut·ing

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. subbing, substitutingnoun

    working as a substitute for someone who is ill or on leave of absence

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  1. substituting

    Substituting generally refers to the act of exchanging, replacing, or swapping one thing, element, or component with another. This term is commonly used in several fields including math, cooking, and language where a variable, ingredient, or word is replaced with another to create a different outcome or result. Substitution is usually done to achieve a desired objective or solve a particular problem.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Substituting

    of Substitute

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of substituting in Chaldean Numerology is: 6

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of substituting in Pythagorean Numerology is: 1

Examples of substituting in a Sentence

  1. George Yancopoulos:

    We figured out ways to make thebest of the antibodies thatyour body makes but we can makethem outside of the body inthese huge bioreactors, purifythem and give them back to youin highly-concentrated form soits like were substituting foror supplementing your ownimmune system with these verypowerful antibodies.

  2. Michelle Hanisee:

    Governor Newsom, who supported the failed initiative to end the death penalty in 2006, is usurping the express will of California voters and substituting his personal preferences via this hasty and ill-considered moratorium on the death penalty.

  3. Valeria Bordone:

    The intermediate model is represented by most of the western European countries and the Czech Republic, where grandparents are strongly involved in child care but with a lower frequency than in the Mediterranean model and higher than in the Scandinavian countries, in these countries, characterized by levels of policy support that are in between the other two models, grandparental child care is complementary to public policies rather than substituting them.

  4. Ira Joseph:

    By substituting coal for LNG, they are trying to help alleviate the environmental problems they've had.

  5. Clement Nwankwo:

    Very little is going on in terms of any other initiatives on the economy, this fight against corruption seems to be aimed at substituting a proper economic policy.

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