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Supplant Moderate

Supplant has 2 different meanings across 1 category:

Verb

Definitions
Verb
1

take the place or move into the position of

"Smith replaced Miller as CEO after Miller left"

"the computer has supplanted the slide rule"

"Mary replaced Susan as the team's captain and the highest-ranked player in the school"

2

To take the place of; to replace, to supersede.

Example Sentences
"Smith replaced Miller as CEO after Miller left" verb
"the computer has supplanted the slide rule" verb
"Mary replaced Susan as the team's captain and the highest-ranked player in the school" verb
Related Terms
Broader Terms (hypernyms)
succeed
Narrower Terms (hyponyms)
substitute preempt usurp oust
Rhyming Words
ant fant gant pant cant zant hant want tant lant vant sant rant kant quant shant idant beant grant brant
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