Definition: 1. A person or thing that you use or have instead of the one you normally use or have. 2. A player who replaces another player in a sports game.
Use 'substitute' in a sentence:
1. Unfortunately, you must carry the necessary equipment with you, since it's all but impossible to find natural substitutes ．
2. He was brought on as (a) substitute after half-time.
3. Unfortunately, the current low prices for oil, gas, and coal may provide little incentive for research to find even cheaper substitutes for those fuels.
4. Theory is of great importance but there's no substitute for practical experience.
5. Plastic parts can substitute for metal ones, but they don't last long.
6. Men fantasize as a substitute for acting out forbidden desires.
7. After 20 minutes on the field he had to be substituted.
8. If you cannot go yourself, try to find someone to substitute for you.
9. When Hofmann made some passing comments about the desirability of a synthetic substitute for quinine, it was unsurprising that his star pupil was moved to take up the challenge.
10. The amount of nicotine in these nicotine substitutes can be enough to excite the heart.
11. The printed word is no substitute for personal discussion with a great thinker.
12. The increasing use of dried animal waste as a substitute fuel has also hurt the soil because this valuable soil conditioner and source of plant nutrients is no longer being returned to the land.
13. According to the Nuzi texts, if a wife is barren, she is to provide a maidservant as a substitute to bear her husband's children.
14. We mustn't rely on sheer enthusiasm and substitute our personal feelings for policy.
15. It's a substitute for drinking with a friend.
16. Glass blocks are sometimes substituted for ordinary bricks.
17. If we want students to become effective in multicultural settings, one thing is clear: there is no substitute for practice.
18. Coming on as a substitute, he scored four crucial goals for Cameroon.
19. If you cannot go yourself, try to find someone to substitute you.
20. If we substitute a number for each letter, the message "Meet me" would read "13 5 5 20 13 5 ．"
21. Industry has been working at developing harmless substitutes for these gases.
22. Paul's father only saw him as a substitute for his dead brother.
23. Angel says that his plan is "no substitute for developing renewable energy: the only permanent solution".
24. Of course, computer simulations are not a substitute for hard evidence.
25. The local bus service was a poor substitute for their car.
26. Devoted concertgoers who reply that recordings are no substitute for live performance are missing the point.
27. We evaded the Soviet proposal of banning nuclear weapons in war and substituted for it a clause abjuring the threat of force in peacetime.
28. He was brought on as substitute after half-time.
29. Would phone conversations substitute for cosy chats over lunch or in the pub after work?
30. High sympathy can substitute for low guilt.
31. There is no substitute for practical experience.
32. He substituted for the worker who was ill.
33. Multivitamins are no substitute for exercise and a balanced diet, of course.
34. However, toward the end of the eighteenth century, as British oak supplies grew scarce, shipbuilders there turned to teak and found in it an ideal substitute.
35. Business sponsorship must be a supplement to, not a substitute for, public funding.
36. The chef said you could substitute ketchup for the vinegar.
37. She is seeking a substitute for the very man whose departure made her cry.
38. Marconi's conception of the radio was as a substitute for the telephone, a tool for private conversation.
39. "The fact that participants were willing to substitute part of a food item for the mere prospect of a relatively small monetary award is interesting," says Reimann.
40. You could always substitute a low-fat soft cheese.
41. Reduced-calorie cheese is a great substitute for cream cheese.
42. He grumbled that 15 pesos would buy only a bun and a slice of ham and was no substitute for a hot meal.
43. Beckham was substituted in the second half after a knee injury.
44. Emotion should never be a substitute for sound policy.
45. Butter can be substituted with margarine in this recipe.
46. Margarine can be substituted for butter in this recipe.
47. The course teaches you the theory but there's no substitute for practical experience.
48. Jefferson entered as a substitute in the 60th minute.
49. You can substitute plain flour if you cannot find self-raising flour.
50. This limitation derives from Nakane's methodology—that of oral history—which cannot substitute for a broader theoretical or comparative perspective.
51. Desserts can be substituted by a portion of fresh fruit.
52. Nothing can substitute for the advice your doctor is able to give you.
