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SUPERVENE UPON
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I. (verb)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Take the place or move into the position of
Example:
Mary replaced Susan as the team's captain and the highest-ranked player in the school
Synonyms:
replace; supersede; supervene upon; supplant
Classified under:
Verbs of political and social activities and events
Hypernyms (to "supervene upon" is one way to...):
come after; follow; succeed (be the successor (of))
Verb group:
replace (substitute a person or thing for (another that is broken or inefficient or lost or no longer working or yielding what is expected))
put back; replace (put something back where it belongs)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "supervene upon"):
deputise; deputize; step in; substitute (act as a substitute)
displace; preempt (take the place of or have precedence over)
usurp (take the place of)
oust (remove and replace)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody
Something ----s something
