supplant

Definition of abbreviation (noun) -

to take the place of

Part of speech:

Verb

Forms: supplanted; supplanted; supplanting

Example sentences with this word:

Can you supplant my position if I cannot play?

Certainly if any country is going to supplant the United States in the world market place, China is it.

In much the same way that HAVE + GOT has supplanted or augmented HAVE as an expression of possession, it too, has done so for modal HAVE.

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