English > supervene upon: 1 sense > verb 1, socialMeaning | Take the place or move into the position of. |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s somebody; Something ----s somebody; Something ----s something |
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Synonyms | supplant, replace, supersede |
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Narrower | oust | Remove and replace |
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preempt, displace | Take the place of or have precedence over |
substitute, deputize, deputise, step in | act as a substitute |
usurp | Take the place of |
Broader | succeed, come after, follow | Be the successor (of) |
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Similar to | replace | Substitute a person or thing for (another that is broken or inefficient / inefficient or lost or no longer working or yielding what is expected) |
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replace, put back | put something back where it belongs |
Spanish | reemplazar, substituir, suplantar, sustituir |
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Catalan | reemplaçar, substituir |
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