MEANING
1. To occur as an additional or intervening development, often unexpectedly.
2. To stand in a dependency relation such that a difference in one set of properties requires a difference in an underlying set.
Use it for
Words that belong together
- complications supervene
- an unforeseen event supervenes
On the page
Complications supervened before the agreement could be signed.
An unforeseen illness supervened while the expedition waited for permission.
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Word forms
- Base
- supervene
- Past tense
- supervened
- Past participle
- supervened
- Present participle
- supervening
Full tense & aspect guide
- Present
- supervene
- Present continuous
- am/is/are supervening
- Present perfect
- have/has supervened
- Present perfect continuous
- have/has been supervening
- Past
- supervened
- Past continuous
- was/were supervening
- Past perfect
- had supervened
- Past perfect continuous
- had been supervening
- Future
- will supervene
- Future continuous
- will be supervening
- Future perfect
- will have supervened
- Future perfect continuous
- will have been supervening
Choose the auxiliary that agrees with your subject. These are constructions of one word, not separate entries.
Usage notes
Primary category: literary. Forms: supervene; supervenes; supervened; supervened; supervening Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings. Third-person singular: supervenes.
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