Surrogate
noun
A person or thing that acts in place of another, providing a substitute.
A surrogate mother carries a baby for a couple who are unable to have children.
Often appears as...
- surrogate mother
- surrogate parent
adjective
Acting in place of something else or someone else.
His teacher served as a surrogate parent when his own parents were away.
Often appears as...
- surrogate parent
- surrogate role
noun
A legislator who represents a particular group or community in a legislative body.
She served as the surrogate for the African American community in the state legislature.
Often appears as...
- surrogate representative
- surrogate for the community
Usage tips
Formal
noun
A substitute in psychological experiments or therapy, allowing people to explore feelings and behaviors.
In therapy, a doll was used as a surrogate to help the child express her feelings.
Often appears as...
- surrogate in therapy
- surrogate in experiment
Usage tips
Formal
noun
A person or thing that acts in place of another, providing a substitute.
A surrogate mother carries a baby for a couple who are unable to have children.
Often appears as...
- surrogate mother
- surrogate parent
adjective
Acting in place of something else or someone else.
His teacher served as a surrogate parent when his own parents were away.
Often appears as...
- surrogate parent
- surrogate role
noun
A legislator who represents a particular group or community in a legislative body.
She served as the surrogate for the African American community in the state legislature.
Often appears as...
- surrogate representative
- surrogate for the community
Usage tips
Formal
noun
A substitute in psychological experiments or therapy, allowing people to explore feelings and behaviors.
In therapy, a doll was used as a surrogate to help the child express her feelings.
Often appears as...
- surrogate in therapy
- surrogate in experiment
Usage tips
Formal
Definition 1 of 4
Pro Tip 1/3Emotional Aspect
Surrogate often carries emotional weight, implying compassion and willingness to help others.
She became a surrogate to give the joy of parenthood to others.
Pro Tip 2/3Context Specific
Use 'surrogate' in specific contexts where a substitute is acting for a particular role or function.
During the meeting, he was my surrogate, sharing my views.
Pro Tip 3/3Not Interchangeable
'Surrogate' is not always interchangeable with 'substitute'; it implies a chosen or appointed replacement.
After her surgery, the therapist worked with a surrogate to continue the sessions.
Pro Tip 1/3Emotional Aspect
Surrogate often carries emotional weight, implying compassion and willingness to help others.
She became a surrogate to give the joy of parenthood to others.
Pro Tip 2/3Context Specific
Use 'surrogate' in specific contexts where a substitute is acting for a particular role or function.
During the meeting, he was my surrogate, sharing my views.
Pro Tip 3/3Not Interchangeable
'Surrogate' is not always interchangeable with 'substitute'; it implies a chosen or appointed replacement.
After her surgery, the therapist worked with a surrogate to continue the sessions.
Pro Tip 1/3Emotional Aspect
Surrogate often carries emotional weight, implying compassion and willingness to help others.
She became a surrogate to give the joy of parenthood to others.
Pro Tip 2/3Context Specific
Use 'surrogate' in specific contexts where a substitute is acting for a particular role or function.
During the meeting, he was my surrogate, sharing my views.
Pro Tip 3/3Not Interchangeable
'Surrogate' is not always interchangeable with 'substitute'; it implies a chosen or appointed replacement.
After her surgery, the therapist worked with a surrogate to continue the sessions.
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Video examples
Will You Hold My Joey? PIPE...
there's a technique that we've developed recently called cross-fostering and it's a technique that uses closely related surrogate species to rear the patch young of an endangered species in this case the Wahoo's cousin the more common yellow-footed rock wallaby will serve as
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Caring For A Sickly Baby...
animal's life when they have to break away from mum i'm back in tenerife to find out if yara the incredibly rare spix's macor has managed to become independent of her surrogate human mum matteus so matisse uh this is yara we've been introduced
Video examples
Rupal Patel: Synthetic...
to take this work out of the laboratory and finally into the real world so it can have real-world impact. What I want to share with you next is how I envision taking this work to that next level. I imagine a whole world of surrogate donors
Video examples
A lab the size of a...
the truth because in a different culture you know the dog is a surrogate for you you know today this month since the rainy season there are lots of opportunities for misunderstanding and so an issue here is to in some cases to
Video examples
How the worst moments in...
in which people I was encouraged to call doctors prescribed what I was encouraged to call exercises with women I was encouraged to call surrogates, who were not exactly prostitutes but who were also not exactly anything else.
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Adorable Baby Animal...
with wildlife and his surrogate mom to over 20 rhinos you can't play with me mother you cannot play with me i'm too small petronel's rhinos are all at different stages of rehabilitation some are large enough to roam free in a
Video examples
Fostering Tiny Baby Rock...
hopefully she will keep producing so what are they going to do with this baby well 600 miles away in adelaide a different and more common species of wallaby is ready and waiting to become her surrogate mum
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Reversing animal...
eventually the first surrogate parents of a revived formally extinct offspring next animal one of the founders of conservation biology said at TEDx the extinction the biotech could help solve
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L.A. Gang Wars PIPE...
have or are serving prison time seven and ten kids here grow up in homes without a dad acacia is full of young men looking for surrogate family and a father figure to help them find their
Video examples
Body Invaders PIPE National...
suddenly they begin to stir into action for the past two weeks this surrogate womb has protected them but now they no longer need it to complete the next
Video examples
Will You Hold My Joey? PIPE...
there's a technique that we've developed recently called cross-fostering and it's a technique that uses closely related surrogate species to rear the patch young of an endangered species in this case the Wahoo's cousin the more common yellow-footed rock wallaby will serve as
Video examples
Caring For A Sickly Baby...
animal's life when they have to break away from mum i'm back in tenerife to find out if yara the incredibly rare spix's macor has managed to become independent of her surrogate human mum matteus so matisse uh this is yara we've been introduced
Video examples
Rupal Patel: Synthetic...
to take this work out of the laboratory and finally into the real world so it can have real-world impact. What I want to share with you next is how I envision taking this work to that next level. I imagine a whole world of surrogate donors
Video examples
A lab the size of a...
the truth because in a different culture you know the dog is a surrogate for you you know today this month since the rainy season there are lots of opportunities for misunderstanding and so an issue here is to in some cases to
Video examples
How the worst moments in...
in which people I was encouraged to call doctors prescribed what I was encouraged to call exercises with women I was encouraged to call surrogates, who were not exactly prostitutes but who were also not exactly anything else.
Video examples
Adorable Baby Animal...
with wildlife and his surrogate mom to over 20 rhinos you can't play with me mother you cannot play with me i'm too small petronel's rhinos are all at different stages of rehabilitation some are large enough to roam free in a
Video examples
Fostering Tiny Baby Rock...
hopefully she will keep producing so what are they going to do with this baby well 600 miles away in adelaide a different and more common species of wallaby is ready and waiting to become her surrogate mum
Video examples
Reversing animal...
eventually the first surrogate parents of a revived formally extinct offspring next animal one of the founders of conservation biology said at TEDx the extinction the biotech could help solve
Video examples
L.A. Gang Wars PIPE...
have or are serving prison time seven and ten kids here grow up in homes without a dad acacia is full of young men looking for surrogate family and a father figure to help them find their
Video examples
Body Invaders PIPE National...
suddenly they begin to stir into action for the past two weeks this surrogate womb has protected them but now they no longer need it to complete the next
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Quote examples
John Edgar Wideman
American Writer
Writing 'Hoop Roots' was a substitute or a surrogate activity. I can't play anymore - my body won't cooperate - so in the writing of the book, I was looking to tell a good story about my life and about basketball, but I was also looking to entertain myself the way that I entertain myself when I play.
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Christopher Meloni
American Actor
There was a friend of ours who worked with a girl who had said she would consider being a surrogate. We met her and right away she was awesome. We were looking for someone who could take care of themselves and it was pretty clear she could.
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Sydney Pollack
American Director
Even if it's a thriller or a comedy, it's always a love story for me, and that's what I concentrate on, because the love stories are my surrogates for the argument: two people in conflict that see life differently.
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Heather Mac Donald
American Editor
A strong police presence keeps individuals involved in 'street life' from triggering the most severe penalties of the law by providing a surrogate for the self-control and parental oversight that they lack.
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Ari Aster
American Director
I can say that I put a lot of personal feelings into 'Hereditary', though I can also say that none of the characters in the film are surrogates for anybody in my family or for myself.
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Dustin Lance Black
American Director
We love and adore our surrogate, we speak to her and her family constantly, I'm sure our son will speak to her for the rest of his life as well.
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Michael Bay
American Director
I'm at that point in my life where I definitely want to get married soon. I've got my dogs as surrogates, but I'm ready for kids.
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Olivia Williams
English Actress
My parents have always been cool. They even became surrogates to friends of mine who didn't have such supportive parents.
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Dylan Lauren
American Businesswoman
I have many friends who had kids solo, who adopted, who used surrogates - no one was judging them - it's a new world!
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Brian J. White
American Actor
I was a surrogate for Obama; I helped fundraise. I'm still a supporter.
Quote examples
John Edgar Wideman
American Writer
Writing 'Hoop Roots' was a substitute or a surrogate activity. I can't play anymore - my body won't cooperate - so in the writing of the book, I was looking to tell a good story about my life and about basketball, but I was also looking to entertain myself the way that I entertain myself when I play.
Quote examples
Christopher Meloni
American Actor
There was a friend of ours who worked with a girl who had said she would consider being a surrogate. We met her and right away she was awesome. We were looking for someone who could take care of themselves and it was pretty clear she could.
Quote examples
Sydney Pollack
American Director
Even if it's a thriller or a comedy, it's always a love story for me, and that's what I concentrate on, because the love stories are my surrogates for the argument: two people in conflict that see life differently.
Quote examples
Heather Mac Donald
American Editor
A strong police presence keeps individuals involved in 'street life' from triggering the most severe penalties of the law by providing a surrogate for the self-control and parental oversight that they lack.
Quote examples
Ari Aster
American Director
I can say that I put a lot of personal feelings into 'Hereditary', though I can also say that none of the characters in the film are surrogates for anybody in my family or for myself.
Quote examples
Dustin Lance Black
American Director
We love and adore our surrogate, we speak to her and her family constantly, I'm sure our son will speak to her for the rest of his life as well.
Quote examples
Michael Bay
American Director
I'm at that point in my life where I definitely want to get married soon. I've got my dogs as surrogates, but I'm ready for kids.
Quote examples
Olivia Williams
English Actress
My parents have always been cool. They even became surrogates to friends of mine who didn't have such supportive parents.
Quote examples
Dylan Lauren
American Businesswoman
I have many friends who had kids solo, who adopted, who used surrogates - no one was judging them - it's a new world!
Quote examples
Brian J. White
American Actor
I was a surrogate for Obama; I helped fundraise. I'm still a supporter.
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