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Definition of supplant verb from the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary

 

supplant

 verb
verb
NAmE//səˈplænt//
 
supplant somebody/something (formal)Verb Forms present simple I / you / we / they supplant
 
he / she / it supplants
 
past simple supplanted
 
-ing form supplanting
 
 
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to take the place of someone or something (especially someone or something older or less modern) synonym replace Their work has been largely supplanted by the use of a computer program that fulfills the same function.
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