surrogate
ˌsurrogate ˈmother (also surrogate) noun [countable]
sur‧ro‧gate /ˈsʌrəɡeɪt, -ɡət $ ˈsɜːr-/ adjective [only before noun]
surrogate noun [countable]
نماینده، عوض، جایگیر، جانشین شدن، قائم مقام شدن، وکیل شدن، قانون فقه: نماینده اسقف در هر ناحیه که مسئول صدور اسناد ازدواج است، روانشناسی: بدل
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Synonyms & Related Wordssurrogate[noun]Synonyms: substitute, proxy, representative, stand-in
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English DictionaryI. ˌsurrogate ˈmother (
also surrogate)
noun [countable] a woman who has a baby for another woman who cannot have one, and then gives her the baby after it is born
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II. 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. [TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲
III. surrogate2 noun [countable][
Date: 1500-1600;
Language: Latin;
Origin: past participle of surrogare 'to ask in place of another', from sub- ( ⇒ sub-) + rogare 'to ask']
1. a person or thing that takes the place of someone or something else
surrogate for Bright-light therapy is used as a surrogate for sunshine.2. a surrogate mother
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Collocationssurrogate noun VERB + SURROGATE act as, be SURROGATE + NOUN father, mother, parent | child PREP. ~ for He used the Internet as a surrogate for contact with real people. [TahlilGaran] Collocations Dictionary ▲