SUPERVENE UPON

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does supervene upon mean? 

• SUPERVENE UPON (verb)
  The verb SUPERVENE UPON has 1 sense:

1. take the place or move into the position of

  Familiarity information: SUPERVENE UPON used as a verb is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SUPERVENE UPON (verb)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Take the place or move into the position of

Classified under:

Verbs of political and social activities and events

Synonyms:

replace; supersede; supervene upon; supplant

Context example:

Mary replaced Susan as the team's captain and the highest-ranked player in the school

Hypernyms (to "supervene upon" is one way to...):

come after; follow; succeed (be the successor (of))

Verb group:

replace (substitute a person or thing for (another that is broken or inefficient or lost or no longer working or yielding what is expected))

put back; replace (put something back where it belongs)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "supervene upon"):

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