Hyphenation of Replace

Wondering how to hyphenate the English word Replace? This word can be hyphenated and contains 2 syllables as shown below.

Re-place

Definitions of Replace:

1.	Substitute a person or thing for (another that is broken or inefficient or lost or no longer working or yielding what is expected) He replaced the old razor blade We need to replace the secretary that left a month ago The insurance will replace the lost income This antique vase can never be replaced
2.	Take the place or move into the position of Smith replaced Miller as CEO after Miller left The computer has supplanted the slide rule Mary replaced Susan as the team's captain and the highest-ranked player in the school
3.	Put something back where it belongs Replace the book on the shelf after you have finished reading it Please put the clean dishes back in the cabinet when you have washed them
4.	Put in the place of another Switch seemingly equivalent items The con artist replaced the original with a fake Rembrandt Substitute regular milk with fat-free milk Synonyms can be interchanged without a changing the context's meaning

Synonyms of Replace:

verb	regenerate, renew
verb	supplant, supersede, supervene upon, succeed, come after, follow
verb	substitute, exchange, change, interchange
verb	put back, put, set, place, pose, position, lay

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Hyphenator

The hyphen is a punctuation mark used to join words and to separate syllables of a single word. The use of hyphens is called hyphenation. The hyphen should not be confused with dashes, which are longer and have different uses, or with the minus sign, which is also longer in some contexts. Some words can be hyphenated in different places and you can use this website to find out where. Also reffered to as syllable counter and divider.