Definition of Substituting

1. Noun. Working as a substitute for someone who is ill or on leave of absence.

Exact synonyms: Subbing
Generic synonyms: Work
Derivative terms: Sub, Substitute, Substitute

Definition of Substituting

1. Verb. (present participle of substitute) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Substituting

1. substitute [v] - See also: substitute

Lexicographical Neighbors of Substituting

substep
substeps
substernal
substile
substiles
substituent
substituents
substitutability
substitutable
substitute
substitute(a)
substituted
substitutes
substitutes' bench
substitutes' benches
substituting (current term)
substitution
substitution cipher
substitution ciphers
substitution code
substitution of attorney
substitution reaction
substitutional
substitutionally
substitutionary
substitutions
substitutive
substitutive nomenclature
substitutively

Literary usage of Substituting

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge (1918)
"On finding hence the o's and substituting in the definition of f(x) we get /CO = /(<0 + Z •'—r—(SB —a)». «=o 12 » = «/(») (a) Lagrange supposed (amazingly, ..."

2. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and General by Thomas Spencer Baynes (1888)
"Similarly in the case of other elementary functions, such as sec x, cot z, Ate, By substituting for/(т) any of the elementary functions, such as sin x, ..."

3. The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge (1920)
"It did away with the block and plug method of connection, substituting, for the latter, pivoted strips of metal adapted to be rotated into contact with ..."

4. The Dictionary of National Biography by Sidney Lee (1908)
"He strongly denounced the fatal expedient of substituting government by favourites for the support of an honest and loyal parliament, asserting that for ..."

5. United States Supreme Court Reports by Lawyers Co-operative Publishing Company, United States Supreme Court (1887)
"It also consists in substituting an automatic winding dog, operating like an escapement verge, for the click and spring ordinarily used. ..."

6. South Eastern Reporter by West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals, West Publishing Company, South Carolina Supreme Court (1920)
"And it may abolish old remedies and substitute new; or even without substituting any, if a reasonable remedy still remains." Cooley, Con. Lim. 515, 516. ..."

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