to supersede
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7.2
- verb
- /ˌsuːpərˈsiːd/
:
reemplazar
- With the release of the updated software, the old version will supersede all previous updates.
- supersede state law
- supersede other
- supersede the state
For me, it could supersede my most toxic instincts.
- For me, it could supersede my most toxic instincts.
- Even if he truly held that identity, it supersedes the rights of all those women.
- So it's like your IP rights shouldn't supersede my IP rights, you know.
- The genius of Christianity is that it supersedes tribalism.
- And it's a great illustration of how that trauma bond will supersede all other connections.
- It's been emulated, but it it's never been superseded, I don't think.
- I'm not saying that love supersedes truth.
- But it seems like the label of ethnic minority has superseded their label of working class.
- Yeah, I wouldn't say that It's superseded the excitement that I had with the violin.
- And I think it's this belief that who I am could never supersede that persona.
- He's now superseded me as being the longest serving prisoner in England.
- But as I talk about at length in my book, Love Life, connection doesn't simply supersede everything else.
- Nothing is going to supersede this source code that we're attached to.
- He says it's clear that each one is superseded in its opposite.
- But the thing that supersedes sales always is offer.
- And by doing so, it supersedes particularity.
Examples
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And that desire to serve would supersede his personal identity.
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The new law will supersede the outdated regulations that no longer apply.
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Most important, remember: Our rules... supersede those of the outside world.
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This would supersede the other if you want it to.
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Who gave you another mission to supersede that of mine?
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By that we mean the counselor's use of technology must not supersede, at least initially, that of the client.
Academic text (2004) -
Federal authorities are superseding local chains of command.
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Washington wants to resolve the issue with a new international oceanic treaty that would supersede all existing claims.
Academic text (2003) -
Your freedoms as parents do not supersede your children's rights.
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Personal, if not sectoral or factional, interest will thus tend to supersede any concept of national interest.
Academic text (2004)
Synonyms
∞
1.8
Put another thing or person in place of one that is broken
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6.7
To cancel a rule or decision because something else is more important
23
7.5
To take the place of a person or thing because the new one is better
To take the place of something or someone
Antonyms
How Permanent
15
7.2
23
7.5
∞
1.8
130
2.4
14
3.2
Surface Forms
Etymology
The word supersede comes from the Latin parts super- 'above' and sed- 'sit', the same root as the English word 'seat'. So to supersede is like 'sitting above' something and taking its place, which is why it means to replace what came before.