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Definition of supplant verb from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

supplant

verb
 
/səˈplɑːnt/
 
/səˈplænt/
(formal)
Verb Forms
present simple I / you / we / they supplant
 
/səˈplɑːnt/
 
/səˈplænt/
he / she / it supplants
 
/səˈplɑːnts/
 
/səˈplænts/
past simple supplanted
 
/səˈplɑːntɪd/
 
/səˈplæntɪd/
past participle supplanted
 
/səˈplɑːntɪd/
 
/səˈplæntɪd/
-ing form supplanting
 
/səˈplɑːntɪŋ/
 
/səˈplæntɪŋ/
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  1. supplant somebody/something to take the place of somebody/something (especially somebody/something older or less modern) synonym replace
    • Their work has been largely supplanted by the use of a computer program that fulfils the same function.
    Word OriginMiddle English: from Old French supplanter or Latin supplantare ‘trip up’, from sub- ‘from below’ + planta ‘sole’.
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