supplanting
supplanting is the present participle and gerund of supplant.
Meaning of supplant
Verb
supplant (third-person singular simple present supplants, present participle supplanting, simple past and past participle supplanted)
- To take the place of; to replace, to supersede.
- Will online dictionaries ever supplant paper dictionaries?
- 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
Noun
supplanting (countable and uncountable, plural supplantings)
- The process by which something is supplanted; a replacement.
Forms of supplanting
| plural | supplantings |
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Questions about supplanting
- What does supplanting mean?
- Supplanting means the process by which something is supplanted; a replacement.
- What is supplanting the present participle and gerund of?
- Supplanting is the present participle and gerund of supplant.
- What part of speech is supplanting?
- Supplanting is a noun.
- What is the plural of supplanting?
- The plural of supplanting is supplantings.
Words near supplanting in the dictionary
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