supersede

[US]/ˌsuːpəˈsiːd/
[UK]/ˌsuːpərˈsiːd/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

vt. replace, take the place of

Example Sentences

The new supersedes the old.

The sailing ships were superseded by the steamships.

The use of machinery has superseded manual labour.

you wish to have him superseded and to be appointed in his stead .

7. As a daily vehicle,charry was superseded by automobile.

In time their modest house was superseded by an elegant structure of glass and steel.

No sooner do you buy a computer than they bring out a new one which supersedes it.

Her argument that the selfish-gene model is being superseded by other forms of evolutionary explanation relies on an overinterpretation of those alternatives.

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