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SUBSTITUTIONARY

Definition: SUBSTITUTIONARY

SUBSTITUTIONARY

Adjective

1. Of or pertaining to substitution; substitutional.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 


Usage Frequency: SUBSTITUTIONARY

"SUBSTITUTIONARY" is generally used as an adjective (general or positive) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "SUBSTITUTIONARY" is used about 3 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)
Parts of SpeechPercentUsage per
100 Million Words
Rank in English
Adjective (general or positive)100%3202,518

Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

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Expressions: SUBSTITUTIONARY

Expressions using "SUBSTITUTIONARY": substitutionary executor substitutionary gift. Additional references.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Translation: SUBSTITUTIONARY

Language Translations for "SUBSTITUTIONARY"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Chinese 

  

代替 (Alternate, subrogate, Substitutional, supersede, Superseded, Superseding, supplant, Supplanted, supplanting). (various references)

   

French

  

preuve dérivée (substitutionary evidence), legs de substitution (substitutional gift, substitutionary gift), exécuteur testamentaire substitut (executor by substitution, substituted executor, substitutionary executor). (various references)

   

Korean 

  

대체하ëŠ" (Substitutional). (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

ubstitutionarysay

   

Vietnamese 

  

thay thế (commutative, substitutional), thế (indeed, so, substitutional). (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Rhyming with "SUBSTITUTIONARY"

Words rhyming with "SUBSTITUTIONARY" (pronounced 'Sub`sti*tu"tion*a*ry'): Abbreviatory, Abditory, Abjuratory, Ablutionary, Absolutory, Absolvatory, Acceleratory, Acclamatory, Accusatory, Accustomary, Acetary, Acetimetry, Acidimetry, Acoumetry, Actino-chemistry, Actinometry, Actuary, Additionary, Additory, Adhortatory, Adiaphory, Adjuratory, Adjutory, Admaxillary, Adminiculary, Admissory, Admonitory, Adry, Adstrictory, Adulatory, Advisory, Advocatory, Aerometry, Affirmatory, Alary, Alchemistry, Alcoholometry, Alcoometry, Aldermanry, Aleatory, Aleberry, Alimentary, Alkalimetry, Allegory, Alleviatory, Allodiary, Allusory, Almonry, Almry, Altimetry. (additional references)

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Anagrams: SUBSTITUTIONARY

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "a-b-i-i-n-o-r-s-s-t-t-t-u-u-y"

-3 letters: attributions, substitution.

-4 letters: attribution, institutors, obituarists.

-5 letters: abstrusity, attritions, institutor, nutritious, obituarist, situations, stirabouts, striations, substation, titrations, turnabouts.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Usage Frequency
3. Expressions
4. Translations: Modern
5. Rhymes
6. Anagrams
7. Bibliography


  

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