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

In words, as fashions, the same rule will hold; Alike fantastic, if too new, or old: Be not the first by whom the new are tried, Nor yet the last to lay the old aside.
Alexander Pope