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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"
The meaning of SURROGATE is one appointed to act in place of another : deputy. How to use surrogate in a sentence.
SURROGATE definition: 1. replacing someone else or used instead of something else: 2. something that replaces or is used…. Learn more.
a woman who has a baby for another person who is unable to become pregnant or have a baby: She has agreed to act as a surrogate mother for her sister.
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.
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.
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. Martin had become Howard Cosell's surrogate son.
surrogate. adjective. /ˈsʌrəɡət/. /ˈsɜːrəɡət/. (formal) 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. Topics Life stages c2.
1. 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.
From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English sur‧ro‧gate1 /ˈsʌrəɡeɪt, -ɡət $ ˈsɜːr-/ adjective [ only before noun] a surrogate person or thing is one that takes the place of someone or something else William was acting as a surrogate father for his brother’s son.
surrogate (for something) a person or thing that takes the place of, or is used instead of, somebody/something else. As Tolkien noted some time ago, magic is often a surrogate for technology.
