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AH020387 Posted 16 years ago
Vocabulary

Supersede

Is the following a correct definition of the word 'supersede':

To prevail or have dominance over.
  

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AH020387 Is the following a correct definition of the word 'supersede': To prevail or have dominance over. Not exactly. Supercede means that something better or more recent has become available, and the old version has been replaced by it.

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AH020387Is the following a correct definition of the word 'supersede': To prevail or have dominance over.

Not exactly. Supercede means that something better or more recent has become available, and the old version has been replaced by it.

For example:

Windows 7 superceded Windows Vista, it is more recent and perhaps better.

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