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# supplant

«supplant» in Mova's judaism dictionary: **to take their place, often by being newer or better (formal)** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

verb (supplant, supplants, supplanted, supplanting)

### meaning for a pupil

1) To supplant someone or something is to take their place, often by being newer or better (formal). [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/supplant/#m1)

2) To supplant someone can also mean to push them out of their position, sometimes by tricks. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/supplant/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

This is a formal word from history, science and the news: computers supplanted typewriters, a new king supplanted the old one. In Bible stories Jacob (whose name is linked with this idea) supplanted his brother Esau. Phrases: be supplanted by.

### examples

- Phones have supplanted letters for most messages. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/supplant/#x1)
- Cars supplanted horses on the roads. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/supplant/#x2)
- The new player supplanted the captain in the team. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/supplant/#x3)
- Christians read that Jacob supplanted Esau and took his blessing. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/supplant/#x4)
- Plastic bags have been supplanted by cloth bags in many shops. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/supplant/#x5)
- The invader supplanted the old king. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/supplant/#x6)

### note

Formal; plain words: replace, take the place of. Past: supplanted. Often in the passive: be supplanted by.

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «supplant» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/supplant/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.