surrogate
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Latin surrogatus, perfect passive participle of surrogare (“ask”); a variant of subrogare, from sub (“under”) + rogare (“ask”).
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
surrogate (plural surrogates)
- A substitute (usually of a person, position or role).
- A mixture of horseradish and mustard often serves as a surrogate for wasabi.
- A person or animal that acts as a substitute for the social or pastoral role of another, such as a surrogate mother.
- (chiefly Britain) A deputy for a bishop in granting licences for marriage.
- (US law) A judicial officer of limited jurisdiction, who administers matters of probate and interstate succession and, in some cases, adoptions.
- (computing) Any of a range of Unicode codepoints which are used in pairs in UTF-16 to represent characters beyond the Basic Multilingual Plane.
Synonyms[edit]
- See also Thesaurus:substitute
Derived terms[edit]
Translations[edit]
substitute
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A person or animal that acts as a substitute for another
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deputy for a bishop
US: judicial officer of limited jurisdiction
surrogate key
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Adjective[edit]
surrogate (comparative more surrogate, superlative most surrogate)
- Of, concerning, relating to or acting as a substitute.
Translations[edit]
Of, concerning, relating to or acting as a substitute
Verb[edit]
surrogate (third-person singular simple present surrogates, present participle surrogating, simple past and past participle surrogated)
- (transitive) To replace or substitute something with something else; appoint a successor.
Synonyms[edit]
Translations[edit]
to appoint a successor
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Anagrams[edit]
Italian[edit]
Adjective[edit]
surrogate f
Latin[edit]
Verb[edit]
surrogāte
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