adj
Meaning 1
Of, concerning, relating to or acting as a substitute.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
surrogate
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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Received-Pronunciation: /ˈsʌɹəɡɪt/
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Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
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Canada, General-American: /ˈsɝəɡɪt/
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Texas: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
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Received-Pronunciation: /ˈsʌɹəɡeɪt/
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Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
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Canada, General-American: /ˈsɝəɡeɪt/
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CMU ARPABET: S ER1 AH0 G AH0 T Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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CMU ARPABET 2: S ER1 AH0 G EY2 T Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
noun
Meaning 2
A substitute (usually of a person, position or role).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- A mixture of horseradish and mustard often serves as a surrogate for wasabi.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: fill-in, ghost, proxy, replacement, stand-in, substitute, surrogate
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 3
A person or animal that acts as a substitute for the social or pastoral role of another, such as a surrogate parent.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
Meaning 4
A deputy for a bishop in granting licences for marriage.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: UK
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noun
Meaning 5
A politician or person of influence campaigning for a presidential candidate.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: US
Topics: government, politics
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
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Synonyms: none provided
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noun
Meaning 6
A judicial officer of limited jurisdiction, who administers matters of probate and intestate succession and, in some cases, adoptions.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: US
Topics: law
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
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noun
Meaning 7
Any of a range of Unicode codepoints which are used in pairs in UTF-16 to represent characters beyond the Basic Multilingual Plane.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 8
An ersatz good.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: economics, sciences
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noun
Meaning 9
Ellipsis of surrogate key.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis
Topics: computing, databases, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
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Synonyms: none provided
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verb
Meaning 10
To replace or substitute something with something else; to appoint a successor.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: deputize, foster, replace, subrogate, substitute
Antonyms: none provided
adjective satellite
Meaning 11
providing or receiving nurture or parental care though not related by blood or legal ties
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- foster parent
- foster child
- foster home
- surrogate father
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: foster
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 12
a person appointed to represent or act on behalf of others
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: deputy
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: agent
Narrower terms: vicegerent
noun
Meaning 13
someone who takes the place of another person
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: alternate, replacement
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: stand-in, substitute, relief, reliever, backup, backup man, fill-in
History
Etymology
From Latin surrogātus, perfect passive participle of surrogō (“ask”); a variant of subrogō, from sub (“under”) + rogō (“ask”).
Across languages
Translations
61 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Bulgarian: заместващ (zamestvašt) — Of, concerning, relating to or acting as a substitute
- Bulgarian: сурогатен (surogaten) — Of, concerning, relating to or acting as a substitute
- Greek: αναπληρωματικός (anapliromatikós) — Of, concerning, relating to or acting as a substitute
- Polish: surogatowy — Of, concerning, relating to or acting as a substitute
- Polish: zastępczy — Of, concerning, relating to or acting as a substitute
- Bulgarian: заместител (zamestitel) — substitute
- Bulgarian: сурогат (surogat) — substitute
- Catalan: suplent — substitute
- Catalan: substitut — substitute
- Chinese Mandarin: 替代品 (tìdàipǐn) — substitute
- Danish: substitut — substitute
- Danish: surrogat — substitute
- Dutch: vervanger — substitute
- Dutch: plaatsvervanger — substitute
- Dutch: surrogaat — substitute
- French: remplaçant — substitute
- French: remplaçante — substitute
- French: suppléant — substitute
- French: suppléante — substitute
- French: substitut — substitute
- French: substitute — substitute
- German: Ersatz- — substitute
- German: Stellvertreter — substitute
- German: Stellvertreterin — substitute
- Hungarian: helyettesítő — substitute
- Hungarian: pótlék — substitute
- Hungarian: pótszer — substitute
- Hungarian: helyettes — substitute
- Italian: surrogato — substitute
- Occitan: substitut — substitute
- Persian: جایگزین (jây-gozin) — substitute
- Polish: surogat — substitute
- Polish: erzac — substitute
- Portuguese: substituto — substitute
- Russian: суррога́т (surrogát) — substitute
- Spanish: sustituto — substitute
- Spanish: substituto — substitute
- Spanish: subrogante — substitute
- Turkish: vekil — substitute
- Turkish: yedek — substitute
- Bulgarian: заместник (zamestnik) — person or animal that acts as a substitute for another
- Chinese Mandarin: 替代者 (tìdàizhě) — person or animal that acts as a substitute for another
- Finnish: sijainen — person or animal that acts as a substitute for another
- Finnish: korvike — person or animal that acts as a substitute for another
- French: substitut — person or animal that acts as a substitute for another
- French: personne de substitution — person or animal that acts as a substitute for another
- German: Ersatz — person or animal that acts as a substitute for another
- German: Substitut — person or animal that acts as a substitute for another
- Hungarian: pót- — person or animal that acts as a substitute for another
- Hungarian: dajka- — person or animal that acts as a substitute for another
- Hungarian: bér- — person or animal that acts as a substitute for another
- Māori: kōpū whāngai — person or animal that acts as a substitute for another
- Occitan: substitut — person or animal that acts as a substitute for another
- Russian: замести́тель (zamestítelʹ) — person or animal that acts as a substitute for another
- Russian: замести́тельница (zamestítelʹnica) — person or animal that acts as a substitute for another
- German: Surrogat — surrogate key
- German: Surrogatschlüssel — surrogate key
- Bulgarian: замествам (zamestvam) — to replace or substitute something with something else
- Polish: zastępować — to replace or substitute something with something else
- Polish: zastąpić — to replace or substitute something with something else
- Spanish: subrogar — to replace or substitute something with something else
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