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Meaning of supplant in English
Pronunciation
/səˈplænt/
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Verb
supplant
Etymology
Middle English: from Old French supplanter or Latin supplantare‘trip up’, from sub-‘from below’ + planta‘sole’
Definitions
1.
take the place or move into the position of
Examples
« 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 »