surrogate
adjEtymology From Latin surrogātus, perfect passive participle of surrogō (“ask”); a variant of subrogō, from sub (“under”) + rogō (“ask”).
1
Of, concerning, relating to or acting as a substitute.
- Derived terms
- surrogacy, surrogately
surrogate
nounUK /ˈsʌɹəɡɪt/ · CA, US /ˈsɝəɡɪt/
Etymology From Latin surrogātus, perfect passive participle of surrogō (“ask”); a variant of subrogō, from sub (“under”) + rogō (“ask”).
8 senses
- 1A substitute (usually of a person, position or role).
- 2A person or animal that acts as a substitute for the…
- 3A deputy for a bishop in granting licences for marriage.
- 4A politician or person of influence campaigning for a…
- 5A judicial officer of limited jurisdiction, who…
- 6Any of a range of Unicode codepoints which are used in…
- 7An ersatz good.
- 8Ellipsis of surrogate key.
1
A substitute (usually of a person, position or role).
- 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
UK A deputy for a bishop in granting licences for marriage.
4
Government, Politics US A politician or person of influence campaigning for a presidential candidate.
6
Computing, Engineering, Mathematics, Natural sciences, Physical sciences, Sciences 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, Sciences An ersatz good.
8
Computing, Databases, Engineering, Mathematics, Natural sciences, Physical sciences, Sciences Abbreviation, Ellipsis Ellipsis of surrogate key.
- Derived terms
- audience surrogate, surrogate activity, surrogate advertising, surrogate court, surrogate father, surrogate key, surrogate mother, surrogate pair, surrogate parent, surrogate proxy, surrogateship, surrogative, surrogatively
- Related terms
- surrogatum
- Hyponyms
- high surrogate, low surrogate