surrogate
noun/ˈsʌrəɡət/
/ˈsɜːrəɡət/
(formal)- 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.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryverb + surrogate- act as
- be
- become
- …
- father
- mother
- parent
- …
- surrogate for
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