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Substitute may mean:

In General English Usage:

To replace one thing with another

In sport:

A person who replaces an exiting competitor during the course of a game, as permitted by the laws of the game. Such replacements are generally made for tactical reasons, or when a player becomes tired or injured.

Examples include:

Other uses:








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Substitute may mean:

In General English Usage:

To replace one thing with another

In sport:

A person who replaces an exiting competitor during the course of a game, as permitted by the laws of the game. Such replacements are generally made for tactical reasons, or when a player becomes tired or injured.

Examples include:
  • Football (soccer)
    Football (soccer)

    Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a team sport played between two teams of eleven players, and is widely considered to be the most popular sport in the world....
     - see Substitute (football)
    Substitute (football)

    A substitute is a player in association football who is brought on to the football pitch during a match in exchange for an existing player. Substitutions are generally made to replace a player who has become tired or injured, or who is not performing well; there may also be tactical reasons such as bringing an attacker on in place of a defend...
  • Cricket
    Cricket

    Cricket is a Bat-and-ball games team sport that originated in southern England. The earliest definite reference is dated 1598, and it is now played in more than 100 countries....
     - see Substitute (cricket)
    Substitute (cricket)

    A substitute in the sport of cricket is a replacement Player that the umpires allow when a player has been injured or become ill after the nomination of the players at the start of the game....
  • Interchange (Australian rules football)
    Interchange (Australian rules football)

    Interchange is the term used to describe a team position in Australian rules football, also often known as "the bench". Players on the interchange bench are not permitted to enter the field of play unless substituting for a player during the game....
    , in Australian Rules Football


Other uses:
  • A substitute teacher
    Substitute teacher

    A substitute teacher is a person who teacher a school class when the regular teacher is unavailable; e.g., because of illness, personal leave, or other reasons....
    , a temporary replacement that takes over in a teacher's absence.
  • Substitute character
    Substitute character

    Substitute character : A control character that is used in the place of a character that is recognized to be invalid or in error or that cannot be represented on a given device....
    , the hexadecimal code number 0x1A in the ASCII character set.
  • Substitution property of equality, an operation used in mathematics.
  • Substitute good
    Substitute good

    In economics, one kind of Good is said to be a substitute good for another kind in so far as the two kinds of goods can be consumed or used in place of one another in at least some of their possible uses....
    , a classification of goods or services in economic theory.
  • "Substitute" (The Who song), a 1966 single by The Who
  • "Substitute" (Righteous Brothers song)
    Substitute (Righteous Brothers song)

    "Substitute" is a song by Willie H. Wilson, recorded first by The Righteous Brothers and released as single from their album The Sons of Mrs. Righteous in 1975....
    , a 1975 song by The Righteous Brothers, a hit for Clout in 1978
  • Substitution (law)
    Substitution (law)

    In legal terms, the Right of Substitution is a statutory right of all parties except the State . It is the right to change the judge with or without Bias....
    , a legal right to change a judge who may be biased.
  • Substitute flag
    Substitute flag

    Substitute flags are part of the International maritime signal flags. Their purpose is to allow messages with duplicate characters to be signalled without the need for multiple sets of flags....
    , part of the international maritime signal flag set
  • Substitute chord, an alternative chord used in jazz harmony


See also

  • Substitution
    Substitution

    : For Wikipedia Template Substitution, see...