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supplant - Dictionary definition and meaning for supplant

SUPPLANT

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  • (verb) take the place or move into the position of

    "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"

    synonyms : replace , supercede , supersede , supervene upon

    The directory listings have been supplanted by Search Engines and Online Advertising -added by vindos

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WordNet® 3.0, © 2006 by Princeton University.

Mnemonics for supplant

  • (Tag: ) Sounds like: sub + plant....i.e substitute + plant...
    ...so it is taking the place of the other plant or superseding it. Root out one plant and grow another.

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  • (Tag: ) SUPer PLANT---Due to advances in agriculture, govt. is replacing all plants with SUPer PLANTs.

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  • (Tag: englisj) supplant == SUPpress + PlANTation and start construction there mean u have replace smthing unfairly

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  • (Tag: ) supplant sounds like implants.. and implant takes the place of originality!!

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  • (Tag: ) The restaurant SoUPPLANTATION is constantly SUPPLANTING its patrons with new ones throughout the day.

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  • (Tag: ) sabbatical

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  • (Tag: ) SUPPLE-ANT.. the Old, senile ruler of the ANT colony was replaced by a younger, SUPPLE bodied ANT.

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  • what the heck was sabbatical for? retarded dumbshit. added by menon_ranjit

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