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- DictionarySur·ro·gate/ˈsərəɡət/
noun
- 1. a substitute, especially a person deputizing for another in a specific role or office: "she served as a surrogate for the President on a trip to South America"
adjective
- 1. relating to the birth of a child or children by means of surrogacy: "paperwork that will allow them to move forward with the surrogate process"
1. a. : one appointed to act in place of another : deputy. b. : a local judicial officer in some states (such as New York) who has jurisdiction over the probate of wills, the settlement of estates, and the appointment and supervision of guardians. 2. : surrogate mother.
SURROGATE definition: 1. replacing someone else or used instead of something else: 2. something that replaces or is used…. Learn more.
noun. a person appointed to act for another; deputy. (in some states) a judicial officer having jurisdiction over the probate of wills, the administration of estates, etc. the deputy of an ecclesiastical judge, especially of a bishop or a bishop's chancellor. a substitute. a surrogate mother.
Someone who acts as a surrogate takes the place of another person. If a celebrity leaves her seat to use the restroom in the middle of a big Hollywood awards ceremony, a surrogate will take her place until she returns.
SURROGATE meaning: 1. replacing someone else or used instead of something else: 2. something that replaces or is used…. Learn more.
You use surrogate to describe a person or thing that is given a particular role because the person or thing that should have the role is not available.
One that takes the place of another; a substitute. 2. a. A person or animal that functions as a substitute for another, as in a social or family role. b. A surrogate mother. 3. In Freudian psychology, a figure of authority who takes the place of the father or mother in a person's unconscious or emotional life. 4.
used to describe a person or thing that takes the place of, or is used instead of, somebody/something else. She saw him as a sort of surrogate father. For these people, television is a surrogate for real life. Definition of surrogate adjective in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary.
someone or something that is used instead of someone or something else: He seemed to regard her as a surrogate for his dead mother. (Definition of surrogate from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)
Definition of surrogate adjective in Oxford Advanced American Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
