Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

supervene upon

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.31 in modern English

Syllables: su-per-vene upon
IPA

20

Scrabble Score

13

Letters

3

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

v

take the place or move into the position of

Example Sentences

"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"

Synonyms

supplant replace supersede

Questions

What does supervene upon mean?: take the place or move into the position of

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