SUPERSEDED Definition & Meaning

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superseded

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adjective

set aside as void, useless, irrelevant, or obsolete, usually in consideration of something mentioned.
If a document has not been rescinded, but a portion of the content no longer applies, the superseded portion will be grayed out electronically.
succeeded or supplanted in position, office, etc., by another person.
To avoid any dissension over the new army chief’s appointment, the superseded General chose to retire rather than continue serving in another role.

verb

the simple past tense and past participle of supersede.

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Other 51�Թ� Forms

unsuperseded adjective

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51�Թ� History and Origins

Origin of superseded¹

supersede ( def. ) + -ed ² ( def. )

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Ten years later, a state law superseded the ruling, but only after Palmer’s faux-Italianate buildings lined the north and west edges of downtown, instead of the affordable housing that so many needed.

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So let’s not pretend that McKinleyist neo-imperialism is gone forever, but for a while there it seemed superseded by an overtly ideological program of right-wing global conquest, which to this point has gone remarkably poorly.

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The Manhattan-based court said the US Constitution gives Congress exclusive powers to regulate commerce with other nations and this is not superseded by the president's remit to safeguard the economy.

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There are a lot of documentaries that aren’t from the family, that are sensationalized — thankfully the power and the reputation of the movie has superseded all of those things.

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Most were relatively obscure regulations and many of them had been superseded or become irrelevant.

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