supervenes

verb

present tense third-person singular of supervene
as in follows
to come after in time it was not the slow-spreading cancer that caused his death but a supervening heart attack

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for supervenes
  1. follows
  2. succeeds
  3. replaces
Verb
  • The trip by the Americans follows a meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Moscow on Saturday, as both sides have escalated their aerial attacks.
    — Samya Kullab, Fortune, 6 Sep. 2026
  • The Niepołomice project follows a $100 million investment announced by Pratt & Whitney in April to expand its operations in Rzeszów, Poland.
    — Maria Mocerino, Interesting Engineering, 6 Sep. 2026
Definition of follows
Verb
  • Technology often succeeds at identifying a problem while failing to establish who owns what happens next.
    — Torie Bosch, STAT, 5 Sep. 2026
  • Chang succeeds Brian Peay, who is retiring after 10 years as CFO.
    — Sheryl Estrada, Fortune, 4 Sep. 2026
Definition of succeeds
Verb
  • To start the second half, Warriors has a new kicker as Jordan Heffernan replaces Rodrigo Bigio.
    — Buddy Collings, The Orlando Sentinel, 11 Sep. 2026
  • Helios replaces those complex modular coils with an arrangement of planar magnets controlled through software.
    — Atharva Gosavi, Interesting Engineering, 10 Sep. 2026
Definition of replaces
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“Supervenes.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/supervenes. Accessed 13 Sep. 2026.

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