substitute

substituer, remplacer

Employer une personne ou une chose à la place d’une autre.

En anglais simple : To use one person or thing instead of another.

• You can substitute milk for cream.
• We substituted cheaper materials to reduce costs.
• Could you substitute for me at tomorrow’s meeting?

Comment l'utiliser : substitute A for B (You can substitute honey for sugar.); substitute B with A (We substituted the butter with olive oil.)

Synonymes : replace, stand in

Expressions courantes : substitute something for something, substitute someone for someone

remplacer

Faire sortir un joueur d’un match et en faire entrer un autre à sa place.

En anglais simple : To take a player out of a game and put another player in their place.

• The coach substituted our goalkeeper.
• He was substituted after twenty minutes.
• Will they substitute the injured player?

Comment l'utiliser : substitute someone for someone (The coach substituted a defender for the injured striker.)

Synonymes : replace, take off

Expressions courantes : substitute a player, substitute someone for someone

substitut, produit de remplacement

Chose utilisée à la place d’une autre pour remplir la même fonction.

En anglais simple : Something used instead of another thing for the same purpose.

• This drink contains a sugar substitute.
• There is no substitute for fresh air.
• We found a cheaper substitute for the original material.

Comment l'utiliser : substitute for something (Yogurt is a good substitute for cream.)

Synonymes : replacement, alternative

Expressions courantes : sugar substitute, a suitable substitute, substitute for something

remplaçant, suppléant

Personne prête à prendre la place d’une autre, notamment d’un enseignant ou d’un membre d’une équipe sportive.

En anglais simple : A person ready to take another person’s place, especially a teacher or a member of a sports team.

• We had a substitute teacher today.
• The team called in a substitute.
• Our substitute taught maths while Mrs Lee was away.

Comment l'utiliser : substitute for someone (We need a substitute for our regular teacher.)

Synonymes : stand-in, replacement

Expressions courantes : substitute teacher, act as substitute, substitute for someone

remplaçant

Joueur qui attend de prendre la place d’un autre pendant un match.

En anglais simple : A player who waits to take the place of another player during a game.

• He started the match as a substitute.
• The coach sent on two substitutes.
• An unused substitute watched the whole game from the bench.

Synonymes : reserve, replacement

Expressions courantes : unused substitute, substitute goalkeeper, come on as substitute