supersede
UK/ˌsuːpəˈsiːd//ˌsupɚˈsiːd/
supersede verb: to take the place of.
Verb
supersede (third-person singular simple present supersedes, present participle superseding, simple past and past participle superseded)
- To take the place of.
- Those older products have been superseded by our new range.
- Then one deep love doth supersede
All other, when her ardent gaze
Roves from the living brother’s face,
And rests upon the Life indeed.1850, [Alfred, Lord Tennyson], “Canto XXXII”, in In Memoriam, London: Edward Moxon, […], →OCLC, page 51
- To displace in favor of itself.
- Modern US culture has superseded the native forms.
Noun
supersede (plural supersedes)
supersede meaning in Tamil, Malayalam and Kannada
supersede in Tamil
- அகற்றி மேவல், கலைத்துக் கைக்கொள், ஒதுக்கி மாற்றாணை இடு, ஒருவரை அகற்றி மற்றவரை அமர்தது, மாற்றாக்கு
supersede in Malayalam
- ദുർബ്ബലപ്പെടുത്തുക, ഒതുക്കിക്കളയുക, അതിക്രമിച്ചു പുറത്താക്കുക
supersede in Kannada
- ಹಿಂದೆಹಾಕು, ಅತಿಕ್ರಮಿಸು, ಬೇರೊಬ್ಬನನ್ನು ನೇಮಿಸು, ಮಾರ್ಪಾಗಿ ಬರು, ಕಡೆಗಣಿಸು, ರದ್ದುಗೊಳಿಸು
Examples of supersede in a sentence
- Bohr's theoretical construct of the atom was soon superseded by quantum mechanics.
- In recent years, animators using computer rendering have largely superseded artists working by hand.
- Another technique, PRK, is an older procedure superseded by Lasik and Lasek.
Synonyms of supersede
Forms of supersede
| Verb | |
|---|---|
| third-person singular present | supersedes |
| present participle | superseding |
| past participle | superseded |
| past | superseded |
| alternative form | supercede |
| alternative form | superseed |
| Noun | |
| plural | supersedes |
Origin of supersede
From Middle French superseder (“postpone, defer”), from Latin supersedēre, from super (“over”) + sedēre (“to sit”). The meaning “to replace” is from 1642, probably by association with unrelated precede – note that c instead of s (from cēdere (“to yield”), not sedēre (“to sit”)). As a result, supercede is a common misspelling – see therein for further discussion. Doublet of surcease.
Words formed from supersede
Words that rhyme with supersede
48 more rhymesFewer rhymes
- weed
- proceed
- stampede
- concede
- accede
- deed
- exceed
- need
- bede
- knead
- mislead
- plead
- rede
- swede
- cede
- creed
- godspeed
- heed
- intercede
- keyed
- leed
- meed
- precede
- recede
- tumbleweed
- a friend in need is a friend indeed
- beread
- greed
- he'd
- indeed
- interbreed
- kneed
- mead
- secede
- she'd
- sneed
- steed
- underfeed
- we'd
- ye'd
- agreed
- anasheed
- aniseed
- atheed
- caid
- co-feed
- cofeed
- counterplead
Questions about supersede
- What does supersede mean?
- Supersede means to take the place of.
- What is supersede in Tamil?
- Supersede in Tamil is அகற்றி மேவல், கலைத்துக் கைக்கொள், ஒதுக்கி மாற்றாணை இடு. See Supersede meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is supersede?
- Supersede can be a verb or a noun.
- How do you pronounce supersede?
- Supersede is pronounced /ˌsuːpəˈsiːd/ (UK).
- What is the past tense of supersede?
- The past tense of supersede is superseded.
Words near supersede in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: supersede (page history and authors); supersede (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); supersede (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); supersede (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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