surrogate

From Latin surrogātus, perfect passive participle of surrogō (“ask”); a variant of subrogō, from sub (“under”) + rogō (“ask”).

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Adjective and noun:

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈsʌɹəɡɪt/

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• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈsɝəɡɪt/

Verb:

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈsʌɹəɡeɪt/

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• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈsɝəɡeɪt/

surrogate (plural surrogates)

1. A substitute (usually of a person, position or role).

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:substitute

   A mixture of horseradish and mustard often serves as a surrogate for wasabi.

2. A person or animal that acts as a substitute for the social or pastoral role of another, such as a surrogate parent.
3. (chiefly British) A deputy for a bishop in granting licences for marriage.
4. (US, politics) A politician or person of influence campaigning for a presidential candidate.
5. (US law) A judicial officer of limited jurisdiction, who administers matters of probate and intestate succession and, in some cases, adoptions.
6. (computing) Any of a range of Unicode codepoints which are used in pairs in UTF-16 to represent characters beyond the Basic Multilingual Plane.
7. (economics) An ersatz good.
8. (databases) Ellipsis of surrogate key.

(Unicode codepoint):

• high surrogate
• low surrogate

• → Dutch: surrogaat

surrogate (comparative more surrogate, superlative most surrogate)

1. Of, concerning, relating to or acting as a substitute.

surrogate (third-person singular simple present surrogates, present participle surrogating, simple past and past participle surrogated)

1. (transitive) To replace or substitute something with something else; to appoint a successor.

   Synonyms: deputize, foster, replace, subrogate, substitute

• surrogatum

• outragers

surrogate f

1. feminine plural of surrogato

surrogāte

1. second-person plural present active imperative of surrogō