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SUPERCEDE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does supercede mean?
• SUPERCEDE (verb)
The verb SUPERCEDE has 1 sense:
1. take the place or move into the position of
Familiarity information: SUPERCEDE used as a verb is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Take the place or move into the position of
Classified under:
Verbs of political and social activities and events
Synonyms:
supercede; supersede; supervene upon; supplant; replace
Context examples:
Smith replaced Miller as CEO after Miller left / the computer has supplanted the slide rule / Mary replaced Susan as the team's captain and the highest-ranked player in the school
Hypernyms (to "supercede" is one way to...):
come after; follow; succeed (be the successor (of))
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "supercede"):
deputise; deputize; step in; substitute (act as a substitute)
displace; preempt (take the place of or have precedence over)
usurp (take the place of)
oust (remove and replace)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody
Something ----s something
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