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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take the place of (a person or thing previously in authority or use); supplant: "the older models of car have now been superseded"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.
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.
to replace something older, less effective, or less important or official: Wireless broadband could supersede satellite radio one day.
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."
Definition of supersede verb in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
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.
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.
A complete guide to the word "SUPERSEDE": definitions, pronunciations, synonyms, grammar insights, collocations, examples, and translations.
supersede meaning: to take the place of someone or something that went before: . Learn more.
