surrogate

UK:^*^*UK and possibly other pronunciationsUK and possibly other pronunciations/ˈsʌrəgət/

US:USA pronunciation: IPAUSA pronunciation: IPA/n., adj. ˈsɜrəˌgeɪt, -gɪt, ˈsʌr-; v. -ˌgeɪt/

US:USA pronunciation: respellingUSA pronunciation: respelling(n., adj. sûr′ə gāt′, -git, sur′-; v. sûr′ə gāt′, sur′-)

Inflections of 'surrogate' (v): (⇒ conjugate)

sur•ro•gate /n., adj. ˈsɜrəˌgeɪt, -gɪt, ˈsʌr-; v. -ˌgeɪt/USA pronunciation n.

adj.

sur•ro•gate (n., adj. sûr′ə gāt′, -git, sur′-;v. sûr′ə gāt′, sur′-),USA pronunciation n., adj., v., -gat•ed, -gat•ing.
n.

a person appointed to act for another;
deputy.
Law(in some states) a judicial officer having jurisdiction over the probate of wills, the administration of estates, etc.
Religionthe deputy of an ecclesiastical judge, esp. of a bishop or a bishop's chancellor.
a substitute.
a surrogate mother.

adj.

regarded or acting as a surrogate:a surrogate father.
involving or indicating the use of a surrogate mother to conceive or carry an embryo:surrogate parenting.

v.t.

to put into the place of another as a successor, substitute, or deputy;
substitute for another.
to subrogate.

sur′ro•gate•ship′, n.
sur′ro•ga′tion, n.

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surrogate n /ˈsʌrəɡɪt/

a person or thing acting as a substitute
chiefly Brit a deputy, such as a member of the clergy appointed to deputize for a bishop in granting marriage licences
(in some US states) a judge with jurisdiction over the probate of wills, etc
(modifier) of, relating to, or acting as a surrogate: a surrogate pleasure

vb /ˈsʌrəˌɡeɪt/ (transitive)

Etymology: 17th Century: from Latin surrogāre to substitute; see subrogateˈsurrogateship n ˌsurroˈgation n

'surrogate' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):

Collocations: use a surrogate [mother, parent], surrogate pregnancy, a surrogate [marker, indicator, measure, endpoint], more...

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