What is another word for taking the place of?

Pronunciation: [tˈe͡ɪkɪŋ ðə plˈe͡ɪs ɒv] (IPA)

Taking the place of refers to replacing someone or something with another entity. There are several synonyms for this phrase, including substituting, superseding, succeeding, displacing, deranging, and supplanting. Substituting refers to putting in place of something or someone else, while superseding suggests taking over a position, person, or object. Succeeding implies coming after to take the place of something or someone, while displacing is used to describe taking someone or something out of its current position. Deranging is less common and implies disturbing or changing existing arrangements, while supplanting implies replacing someone or something by force or treachery.

What are the hypernyms for Taking the place of?

A hypernym is a word with a broad meaning that encompasses more specific words called hyponyms.

What are the opposite words for taking the place of?

The antonyms for the phrase "taking the place of" are leaving, removing, relinquishing or quitting. "Leaving" indicates one's exit from a position or task, while "removing" suggests the act of taking something away, thereby making space for something else. "Relinquishing" implies giving up a position, authority or responsibility. "Quitting" is the act of resigning or stopping an activity. These antonyms provide a range of options to describe actions that are different from filling the role of someone or something else, and can be used in various contexts such as work, relationships, and social scenarios.

What are the antonyms for Taking the place of?

Famous quotes with Taking the place of

  • Berthollet's conclusion that chlorine is oxymuriatic acid was universally accepted until Gay-Lussac and Thénard in 1809 endeavoured to decompose the gas and failed. They concluded that it contained water because it yielded water when passed over litharge. Their researches read to the Institute in 1809 led Davy to investigate muriatic acid (hydrochloric acid) gas, which in 1808 he had shown to be decomposed by potassium, with evolution of hydrogen. In 1810 he proved that chlorine is an element, and that muriatic acid gas is a compound of chlorine and hydrogen. He thus overturned the oxygen-acid theory, and demonstrated that muriates are compounds of metals with chlorine. He pointed to the fact that some acids, such as sulphuretted hydrogen, contain no oxygen, and argued that muriatic acid gas was one of these, chlorine in it taking the place of oxygen. ...The conclusions of Davy were at first doubted, but when iodine and bromine were also discovered, Gay-Lussac and his followers adopted Davy's views. The latter worked out fluorine, and proved that hydrofluoric acid (HF) contains no oxygen. Berzelius also opposed Davy until the discovery of iodine, but embraced the latter's opinion in 1820.
    Humphry Davy

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