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supplant
1 ENTRIES FOUND:
supplant
(verb)
supplant
/sə
ˈ
plænt/
verb
supplants
;
supplanted
;
supplanting
supplant
/sə
ˈ
plænt/
verb
supplants
;
supplanted
;
supplanting
Britannica Dictionary definition of SUPPLANT
[
+ object
]
:
to take the place of (someone or something that is old or no longer used or accepted)
DVDs have
supplanted
videos.
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often used as
(be) supplanted
Videos have
been supplanted
by DVDs.
Older workers are
being supplanted
by recent college graduates.
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