Meaning of Surrogate | Babel Free

Noun CEFR C2 Standard

ˈsʌɹəɡɪt

Definitions

A substitute (usually of a person, position or role).
A person or animal that acts as a substitute for the social or pastoral role of another, such as a surrogate parent.
A deputy for a bishop in granting licences for marriage.
British
A politician or person of influence campaigning for a presidential candidate.
US
A judicial officer of limited jurisdiction, who administers matters of probate and intestate succession and, in some cases, adoptions.
US
Any of a range of Unicode codepoints which are used in pairs in UTF-16 to represent characters beyond the Basic Multilingual Plane.
An ersatz good.
Ellipsis of surrogate key.
abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis

العربية البديل

Bosanski nadomestak nadomjestak surogat надоместак надомјестак сурогат

Català substitut suplent

Dansk substitut

Deutsch Ersatz Ersatz- Ersatzstoff Stellvertreter Stellvertreterin Substitut Surrogat Surrogatschlüssel

Ελληνικά αναπληρωματικός

Español subrogante subrogar substituto sustituto

فارسی جایگزین

Suomi korvike sijainen surrogaatti

Français personne de substitution remplaçant remplaçante substitut substitute suppléant suppléante

Hrvatski nadomestak nadomjestak surogat надоместак надомјестак сурогат

Magyar helyettes helyettesítő pót- pótlék

Bahasa Indonesia surogat

Italiano surrogate surrogate surrogato

Kurdî yedek

Nederlands plaatsvervanger surrogaat vervanger

Polski erzac namiastka substytut surogat surogatowy zastąpić zastępczy zastępować

Português substituto

Русский заместитель замести́тельница суррогат

Српски nadomestak nadomjestak surogat надоместак надомјестак сурогат

Türkçe vekil yedek

Українська замінник

“A mixture of horseradish and mustard often serves as a surrogate for wasabi.”

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