Substituted Substitute Margarine Butter Recipe Ronaldo Somebody/Something Past

• nothing can substitute for the advice your doctor is able to give you.
• margarine can be substituted for butter in this recipe.
• butter can be substituted with margarine in this recipe.
• ronaldo was substituted in the second half after a knee injury (= somebody else played instead of ronaldo in the second half).

substitute

1. to take the place of somebody/something else; to use somebody/something instead of somebody/something else
• Nothing can substitute for the advice your doctor is able to give you.
• Margarine can be substituted for butter in this recipe.
• Butter can be substituted with margarine in this recipe.
• Ronaldo was substituted in the second half after a knee injury (= somebody else played instead of Ronaldo in the second half).
• Can you find someone to substitute for you at the meeting?

Verb Forms

• present simple I / you / we / they substitute
• he / she / it substitutes
• past simple substituted
• past participle substituted
• -ing form substituting

Word Origin

• late Middle English (denoting a deputy or delegate): from Latin substitutus ‘put in place of’, past participle of substituere, based on statuere ‘set up’.