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- Dictionarysupersede/suːpəˈsiːd/
verb
- 1. take the place of (a person or thing previously in authority or use); supplant: "the older models of car have now been superseded"
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to replace something older, less effective, or less important or official: Wireless broadband could supersede satellite radio one day.
The meaning of SUPERSEDE is to cause to be set aside. How to use supersede in a sentence. Did you know? Synonym Discussion of Supersede.
to replace something older, less effective, or less important or official: Wireless broadband could supersede satellite radio one day. The state law was superseded by the federal Family and Medical Leave Act.
supersede in British English. (ˌsuːpəˈsiːd ) verb (transitive) 1. to take the place of (something old-fashioned or less appropriate); supplant. 2. to replace in function, office, etc; succeed. 3. to discard or set aside or cause to be set aside as obsolete or inferior.
1. to replace in power, authority, effectiveness, acceptance, use, etc., as by another person or thing. 2. to set aside or cause to be set aside as void, useless, or obsolete, usu. in favor of something mentioned; make obsolete. 3. to succeed to the position, function, office, etc., of; supplant.
verb. /ˌsuːpəˈsiːd/ /ˌsuːpərˈsiːd/ [often passive] Verb Forms. to take the place of something/somebody that is considered to be old-fashioned or no longer the best available. be superseded (by something) The theory has been superseded by more recent research.
Supersede is from the 16th-century Latin for "sit on top," and it often means to replace with something better. A version 10 of a computer game will supersede, version 9, making it more exciting. Unfortunately, a person might be replaced too, as in "the younger running back will supersede the veteran player as he gets older."
Supersede definition: to replace in power, authority, effectiveness, acceptance, use, etc., as by another person or thing.. See examples of SUPERSEDE used in a sentence.
SUPERSEDE meaning: to take the place of (someone or something that is old, no longer useful, etc.) to replace (someone or something)
to take the place of someone or something that went before: [ often passive ] Records were superseded by CDs. (Definition of supersede from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary © Cambridge University Press) Translations of supersede. in Chinese (Traditional) 替代，取代（尤指陳舊或過時之物）… See more. in Chinese (Simplified) 替代，取代（尤指陈旧或过时之物）… See more. in Spanish.
