Associations to the word «Supersede»

Wiktionary

SUPERSEDE, verb. (transitive) Set (something) aside.
SUPERSEDE, verb. (transitive) Take the place of.
SUPERSEDE, verb. (transitive) Displace in favour of another.
SUPERSEDE, noun. (Internet) An updated newsgroup post that supersedes an earlier version.

Dictionary definition

SUPERSEDE, verb. 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".

Wise words

Words, words, words! They shut one off from the universe. Three quarters of the time one's never in contact with things, only with the beastly words that stand for them.
Aldous Huxley