surrogate
pronunciation
How to pronounce surrogate in British English:
UK [ˈsʌrəgət]
How to pronounce surrogate in American English:
US [ˈsɜrəgət]
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- Noun:
- someone who takes the place of another person
- a person appointed to represent or act on behalf of others
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- Adjective:
- providing or receiving nurture or parental care though not related by blood or legal ties
Word Origin
- surrogate
- surrogate: [17] A surrogate is etymologically someone who has been ‘asked for’ to take the place of another. The word was borrowed from Latin surrogātus, a later form of subrogātus, the past participle of subrogāre ‘nominate an alternative candidate’. This was a compound verb formed from the prefix sub-, used here in the sense ‘instead of’, and rogāre ‘ask for, propose’ (source of English interrogate, prerogative, etc).=> interrogate, prerogative
- surrogate (n.)
- early 15c., from Latin surrogatus, past participle of surrogare/subrogare "put in another's place, substitute," from assimilated form of sub "in the place of, under" (see sub-) + rogare "to ask, propose" (see rogation). Meaning "woman pregnant with the fertilized egg of another woman" is attested from 1978 (from 1972 of animals; surrogate mother in a psychological sense is from 1971). As an adjective from 1630s.
Example
- 1. Surrogate exchange rates have their problems too .
- 2. The work of a surrogate is to give them the essential tools for building healthy and loving relationships .
- 3. White was determined to make the dollar the sole international currency ; legally a surrogate for gold itself .
- 4. Many medicines are approved on the basis of what scientists call surrogate endpoints , like proof that they lower cholesterol , rather than because they have been shown to reduce the risk of death or disease .
- 5. Since 1992 , the fda has granted accelerated approval to drugs based on so-called surrogate endpoints , or initial measures that suggest the drug will make real improvements in patient health .