заме́на — meaning in English

English meaning

• change verb To become different, or to make something different.
• commutation noun The act of swapping one thing for another.
• replacement noun A person or thing that takes the place of another.
• substitute verb To use one thing or person in place of another.
• substitution noun The act of putting one thing in place of another, or the result of doing so.

Senses

заме́на is used for these senses in English:

• change (countable) A replacement.
• commutation (obsolete) The act of giving one thing for another; barter; exchange.
• replacement A person or thing that takes the place of another; a substitute.
• substitute A replacement or stand-in for something that achieves a similar result or purpose.
• substitute (sports) A player who is available to replace another if the need arises, and who may or may not actually do so.
• substitution The act of substituting or the state of being substituted.

change — full definition

1. verb To become different, or to make something different.
2. verb To replace one thing with another, such as clothes or a diaper.
3. verb To switch from one train, bus, or vehicle to another during a journey.
4. noun The act or result of becoming different.
5. noun Coins given back after paying with a larger amount of money than the price.

commutation — full definition

1. noun The act of swapping one thing for another.
2. noun The switch from paying in kind, such as through labour, to paying with money instead.
3. noun (law) An official reduction of someone's punishment to something less severe.
4. noun (linguistics) The swapping of one sound for another to show they are separate phonemes.

Related Russian words