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SUPERVENE
Pronunciation (US): | (GB): |
I. (verb)
Verb forms
Present simple: I / you / we / they supervene ... he / she / it supervenes
Past simple: supervened
-ing form: supervening
Sense 1
Meaning:
Take place as an additional or unexpected development
Classified under:
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.
Hypernyms (to "supervene" is one way to...):
come about; fall out; go on; hap; happen; occur; pass; pass off; take place (come to pass)
Sentence frame:
Something ----s
Derivation:
supervention (a following on in addition)