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# supersede

«supersede» in Mova's school dictionary: **to take its place because it is newer or better, so the…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

verb (supersede, supersedes, superseded, superseding)

### meaning for a pupil

(formal) To supersede something is to take its place because it is newer or better, so the old thing is no longer used. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/supersede/#m1)

### sense in the lessons

In history and science lessons, new inventions supersede old ones (cars superseded horses and carts; e-books are not superseding paper books entirely). In law and rules, a new rule supersedes the old one. In science, a new theory may supersede an old one when evidence changes.

### examples

- Cars superseded horse-drawn carts. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/supersede/#x1)
- The new timetable supersedes the old one. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/supersede/#x2)
- Smartphones have superseded many cameras. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/supersede/#x3)
- Electric lights superseded gas lamps. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/supersede/#x4)
- Einstein's ideas did not throw out Newton's laws, but in some cases they superseded them. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/supersede/#x5)
- The new rules supersede everything in last year's handbook. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/supersede/#x6)
- Streaming has superseded DVDs for many families. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/supersede/#x7)

### note

Famous spelling trap: supersede ends in -sede (not -cede like precede). Formal word; in everyday speech say "replace" or "take the place of".

### Trees and pragmatics

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