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substituer
to substitute a colleague/one word for another

Oxford-Hachette French Dictionary

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I. substituer [sypstitɥe] VB trans

1. substituer:

substituer A à B
to substitute A for B, to replace B by A

2. substituer LAW:

substituer un héritage
to entail an estate

II. se substituer VB refl

se substituer refl:

se substituer à personne: (pour représenter) personne, groupe
to deputize for, to stand in for
se substituer à (pour remplacer) personne
to take the place of
se substituer à SPORTS personne
to substitute for
se substituer à chose: chose
to take the place of, to replace
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French
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entail
substituer
substitute
substituer (for à)
to substitute X for Y
substituer X à Y, remplacer X par Y
it's a case of substituting X for Y
il s'agit de substituer X à Y

in the PONS Dictionary

I. substituer [sypstitɥe] VB trans

substituer un collègue/un mot à un autre
to substitute a colleague/one word for another

II. substituer [sypstitɥe] VB refl

se substituer à qn
to take sb's place
in the PONS Dictionary

I. substituer [sypstitʏe] VB trans

substituer un collègue/un mot à un autre
to substitute a colleague/one word for another

II. substituer [sypstitʏe] VB refl

se substituer à qn
to take sb's place
Présent
jesubstitue
tusubstitues
il/elle/onsubstitue
noussubstituons
voussubstituez
ils/ellessubstituent
Imparfait
jesubstituais
tusubstituais
il/elle/onsubstituait
noussubstituions
voussubstituiez
ils/ellessubstituaient
Passé simple
jesubstituai
tusubstituas
il/elle/onsubstitua
noussubstituâmes
voussubstituâtes
ils/ellessubstituèrent
Futur simple
jesubstituerai
tusubstitueras
il/elle/onsubstituera
noussubstituerons
voussubstituerez
ils/ellessubstitueront
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Examples from the PONS Dictionary (editorially verified)

substituer un collègue/un mot à un autre
to substitute a colleague/one word for another
se substituer à qn
to take sb's place

Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

En statistique, l'imputation est le processus de remplacement des données manquantes avec des valeurs substituées.
fr.wikipedia.org
Observation que les dérivés ortho-substitués de l'acide benzoïque s'estérifient avec difficulté (1892).
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De ce fait, son prénom s'est substitué à goupil par éponymie.
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L'azote est présent dans de très nombreux produits chimiques, dont certains pesticides dits à « urées substituées ».
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Il est aussi sans gluten car la recette a substitué le soja au blé.
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