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Moon7296 Posted 14 years ago
Vocabulary

An alternate player (= substitution player?)

An alternate is a person or thing that replaces another, and can act or be used instead of them.

I found that definition in my dictionary. But I also found 'AmE' in the definition.

Q) An alternate player = a substitution(sub) player? [in soccer or other sports]
  

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In BrE, only substitute (or sub for short) is used in football (soccer) and other sports. I have only heard the noun alternate used in US court contexts, for replacement jurors who stand in when necessary. Rover

— Rover_KE

  • In BrE, only substitute (or sub for short) is used in football (soccer) and other sports.
  • I have only heard the noun alternate used in US court contexts, for replacement jurors who stand in when necessary.
  • Rover
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In BrE, only substitute (or sub for short) is used in football (soccer) and other sports.

I have only heard the noun alternate used in US court contexts, for replacement jurors who stand in when necessary.

Rover
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