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supplant

UK/səˈplɑːnt//səˈplænt/

supplant verb: to take the place of; to replace, to supersede.

Verb

supplant (third-person singular simple present supplants, present participle supplanting, simple past and past participle supplanted)

  1. (transitive) To take the place of; to replace, to supersede.
    • Will online dictionaries ever supplant paper dictionaries?
    Synonyms:
    dethrone, oust, replace, supersede, take over from
  2. (obsolete, transitive) To uproot, to remove violently.
    • Trinculo, if you trouble him any more in's tale, by this hand, I will supplant some of your teeth.1610–1611 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tempest”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published...
    Synonyms:
    uproot

supplant meaning in Tamil, Malayalam and Kannada

supplant in Tamil

குப்புறத்தள்ளு, அகற்று, பிடுங்கியெறி

supplant in Malayalam

തന്ത്രത്തിൽ ചതിപ്പ് അകറ്റുക, തട്ടിവീഴ്ത്തുക, മറിച്ചിടുക

supplant in Kannada

ಆಕ್ರಮಿಸು, ತುಳಿದುಹಾಕು, ಮೋಸದಿಂದ ಆಕ್ರಮಿಸು, ದುರಾಕ್ರಮಣ ಮಾಡು, ಅಧೀನಪಡಿಸು, ನಾಶಮಾಡು

Examples of supplant in a sentence

  • In many places, Acadian has been supplanted by English and by Standard French.
  • The freeware version will be supplanted by an overhauled for-pay release.
  • “It’s not like young authors need to worry about being supplanted now,” Ms.

All 28 example sentences with supplant

Synonyms of supplant

All synonyms of supplant

Forms of supplant

third-person singular presentsupplants
present participlesupplanting
past participlesupplanted
pastsupplanted
alternative form (obsolete)supplaunt

Past tense of supplant: supplanted

Origin of supplant

From Middle English supplanten, supplaunten, from Old French supplanter, from Latin supplantō (“trip up”), from sub (“from below, under”) + planta (“sole”).

Words formed from supplant

Words that rhyme with supplant

Questions about supplant

What does supplant mean?
Supplant means to take the place of; to replace, to supersede.
What is supplant in Tamil?
Supplant in Tamil is குப்புறத்தள்ளு, அகற்று, பிடுங்கியெறி. See Supplant meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is supplant?
Supplant is a verb.
How do you pronounce supplant?
Supplant is pronounced /səˈplɑːnt/ (UK).
What is the past tense of supplant?
The past tense of supplant is supplanted.

Words near supplant in the dictionary

  1. suppl.
  2. supplace
  3. supplaced
  4. supplaces
  5. supplacing
  6. supplant
  7. supplantable
  8. supplantation
  9. supplantations
  10. supplanted
  11. supplanter

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: supplant (page history and authors); supplant (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); supplant (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); supplant (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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