MEANING
To replace something by taking its place or authority.
Use it for
Words that belong together
- supersede an order
- supersede an earlier account
On the page
The revised order superseded the instructions they had carried for weeks.
Her later account superseded the version preserved in the family notebook.
Nearby words
Related words
Word forms
- Base
- supersede
- Past tense
- superseded
- Past participle
- superseded
- Present participle
- superseding
Full tense & aspect guide
- Present
- supersede
- Present continuous
- am/is/are superseding
- Present perfect
- have/has superseded
- Present perfect continuous
- have/has been superseding
- Past
- superseded
- Past continuous
- was/were superseding
- Past perfect
- had superseded
- Past perfect continuous
- had been superseding
- Future
- will supersede
- Future continuous
- will be superseding
- Future perfect
- will have superseded
- Future perfect continuous
- will have been superseding
Choose the auxiliary that agrees with your subject. These are constructions of one word, not separate entries.
Usage notes
Primary category: literary. Forms: supersede; supersedes; superseded; superseded; superseding Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings. Third-person singular: supersedes.
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