Meaning

2 senses
  1. (transitive)To take the place of; to replace, to supersede.

    Will online dictionaries ever supplant paper dictionaries?

    verdrängen, ersetzen, ausstechen

    вытесня́тьvytesnjátʹ, выживатьvyživatʹ

    take the place or move into the position of

  2. (obsolete, transitive)To uproot, to remove violently.

    искорени́тьiskorenítʹ

Examples

7 sentences
  1. Will artificial intelligence supplant human intelligence?

    ruЗаменит ли искусственный интеллект человеческий? — carlosalberto

    deWird künstliche Intelligenz die menschliche Intelligenz verdrängen? — carlosalberto

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  2. Islam supplanted Christianity and animism in North Africa.

  3. Chinese and Korean tourists have supplanted Japanese tourists in the last few years.

    ruВ последние годы на смену японским туристам пришли китайские и корейские. — Wezel

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  4. The Hawaiian language is threatened with extinction, having been largely supplanted by English.

    deDie hawaiische Sprache droht auszusterben. Sie wurde weitgehend vom Englischen verdrängt. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

  5. Arabic anciently supplanted Ancient Egyptian, both languages belonging to the Afro-Asiatic language family.

Translations

7 languages
Русский
By meaning 2
to take the place of, to replace:
to remove violently:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
to take the place of, to replace:

Origin

From Middle English supplanten, supplaunten, from Old French supplanter, from Latin suppla

From Middle English supplanten, supplaunten, from Old French supplanter, from Latin supplantō (“trip up”), from sub (“from below, under”) + planta (“sole”).

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Forms

supplants, supplanting, supplanted, supplanted
Base formsupplant · to supplant
3rd person singularsupplants
Present participlesupplanting
Past simplesupplanted
Past participlesupplanted

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theysupplant
he, she, itsupplants

Past simpleLesson

all personssupplanted

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave supplanted
he, she, ithas supplanted

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill supplant

Synonyms

7 synonyms
Close in meaning

Word family

6 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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