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supervene upon

/ supervene upon /
verb

Definitions & Examples

verb Sense 1
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"
Type of:
succeed come after follow
Kinds of:
substitute deputize deputise step in usurp
Derived:
supersedure supersession surrogate alternate replacement
Verb group:
replace put back
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s somebody into V-ing something
Somebody ----s something with something
Somebody ----s on something
Somebody ----s somebody PP
Semantic Complexity
27%
Sense Count
1
Total Synonyms
0
Total Relationships
15
Times Searched
3
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succeed come after follow substitute deputize deputise step in usurp