What does supersede mean?

Definitions for supersede
ˌsu pərˈsidsu·per·sede

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. supplant, replace, supersede, supervene upon, supercedeverb

    take the place or move into the position of

    "Smith replaced Miller as CEO after Miller left"; "the computer has supplanted the slide rule"; "Mary replaced Susan as the team's captain and the highest-ranked player in the school"

Wiktionary

  1. supersedenoun

    An updated newsgroup post that supersedes an earlier version.

    Rogue cancels and supersedes are being issued on a large scale against posters.

  2. supersedeverb

    Set (something) aside.

  3. supersedeverb

    Take the place of.

    No one could supersede his sister.

  4. supersedeverb

    Displace in favour of another.

    Modern US culture has superseded the native forms.

  5. Etymology: From superseder, from supersedeo, from super + sedeo. The meaning “to replace” is from 1642, probably by association with unrelated precede – note that ‘c’ instead of ‘s’ (from cedere, not sedere). As a result, supercede is a common misspelling – see therein for further discussion.

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary

  1. To Supersedeverb

    To make void or inefficacious by superiour power; to set aside.

    Etymology: super and sedeo, Latin.

    Passion is the drunkenness of the mind; and therefore in its present workings not controlable by reason; for as much as the proper effect of it is, for the time, to supersede the workings of reason. Robert South, Sermons.

    In this genuine acceptation of chance, nothing is supposed that can supersede the known laws of natural motion. Richard Bentley.

ChatGPT

  1. supersede

    To supersede means to replace, take the place of, or cause to be set aside as obsolete, inferior, or outdated. It is to assume the position, role, responsibilities or duties of something or someone previously in that position.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Supersedeverb

    to come, or be placed, in the room of; to replace

  2. Supersedeverb

    to displace, or set aside, and put another in place of; as, to supersede an officer

  3. Supersedeverb

    to make void, inefficacious, or useless, by superior power, or by coming in the place of; to set aside; to render unnecessary; to suspend; to stay

  4. Supersedeverb

    to omit; to forbear

  5. Etymology: [L. supersedere, supersessum, to sit above, be superior to, forbear, omit; super above + sedere to sit: cf. F. supersder. See Sit, and cf. Surcease.]

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary

  1. Supersede

    sū-pėr-sēd′, v.t. to take the place of another by reason of superior right, power, &c.: to make useless by superior power: to come in the room of, to replace: to displace, set aside, render unnecessary.—ns. Supersē′deas, a writ to stay proceedings, or to suspend the powers of an officer in certain cases; Supersē′dence, Supersē′dure, Superses′sion, a setting aside, the act of superseding; Supersedē′re (Scots law), a private agreement among creditors, under a trust-deed, to supersede or sist diligence for a certain period: an order of court granting protection to a debtor. [L. super, above, sedēre, sessum, to sit.]

Military Dictionary and Gazetteer

  1. supersede

    Is to deprive an officer of rank and pay for any offense or neglect, or to place one officer over the head of another, who may or may not be more deserving.

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of supersede in Chaldean Numerology is: 5

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of supersede in Pythagorean Numerology is: 4

Examples of supersede in a Sentence

  1. James Otis:

    There can be no prescription old enough to supersede the Law of Nature and the grant of God Almighty, who has given to all men a natural right to be free, and they have it ordinarily in their power to make themselves so, if they please.

  2. Michael Fanone:

    You know, I get that, you know, there's a push to try to, you know, win back the House in the midterm elections. I understand all of those things, but some things supersede politics. You know, this isn't about the political future of one party. This is about right and wrong.

  3. Republican Governor Phil Bryant:

    I don't believe the Mississippi Legislature will act to supersede the will of the people on this issue.

  4. John C. Calhoun:

    To maintain the ascendancy of the Constitution over the lawmaking majority is the great and essential point on which the success of the [American] system must depend; unless that ascendancy can be preserved, the necessary consequence must be that the laws will supersede the Constitution; and, finally, the will of the Executive, by influence of its patronage, will supersede the laws ...

  5. Grant Wolf:

    YAF will continue to work to ensure that the new policy, which will supersede the previous policy language regarding coercion and harassment, reflects the terms of the agreement reached and effectively protects the freedom of expression.

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