Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

supervention

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: su-per-ven-tion
IPA

17

Scrabble Score

12

Letters

4

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

An act, process, or instance of supervening

Countable; Uncountable

noun

An act, process, or instance of supervening:

Countable; Uncountable

noun

An act, process, or instance of supervening:

Countable; Uncountable

Example Sentences

"in the solid substance of the stone; […]this compact and ponderous body was made stony, by the supervention of some petrescent liquor upon porous earth"
"The poor visibility of a dark celestial body follows from its nonradiative character by supervention."

Usage

Inflected Forms

superventions (plural)

Frequently Paired Words

convention supervenient

Synonyms

supervenience supersession

Questions

What does supervention mean?: An act, process, or instance of supervening

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