Dictionary Definition
supersede v : take the place or move into the
position of; "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"
[syn: supplant,
replace, supervene
upon]
User Contributed Dictionary
English
Etymology
From super, over + sedere, to sit, via superseder, originally in the meaning "postpone, defer" (as ). The meaning "to replace" is from 1642, probably by association with precede. Original sense: proelio supersedere statuit = he decided to delay battle — Julius Caesar, Commentarii de Bello Gallico, 2:8.Verb
- Set (something) aside.
- Take the place of.
- No one could supersede his sister.
- Displace in favour
of another.
- Modern US culture has superseded the native forms.
Synonyms
- sense take the place of replace, supplant, usurp
See also
Translations
Set aside
Portuguese: sobrepor
Take the place of
Portuguese: substituir
Displace in favour of another
Portuguese: substituir
Synonyms, Antonyms and Related Words
abandon, act for, change places
with, crowd out, cut out, desert, discard, displace, double for, fill in
for, forsake, ghost, ghostwrite, oust, pinch-hit, reject, relieve, replace, represent, repudiate, spell, spell off, stand in for,
subrogate, substitute
for, succeed, supplant, swap places with,
understudy for