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 story follows two middle-aged people revisiting a relationship from more than two decades earlier, exploring regret and the possibility of moving on.
    — Lin Ying-Hsuan, Variety, 8 Nov. 2026
  • For the Omaha Beach landing and the war that follows, Kaminski set out to make combat look like frontline footage rather than a Hollywood spectacle.
    — Scott Roxborough, HollywoodReporter, 8 Nov. 2026
Definition of follows
Verb
  • Feingold succeeds David Jefferson, Executive Vice President, Communications, who has accepted the company’s voluntary early retirement offer after 15 years with Disney.
    — Brent Lang, IndieWire, 6 Nov. 2026
  • In reality, state intervention in markets can depress overall productivity and workers can see flat wages even when China succeeds at promoting advanced industries.
    — Oliver Melton, Foreign Affairs, 5 Nov. 2026
Definition of succeeds
Verb
  • Bennett, a Mesa, Arizona native, replaces Bobby Hurley who coached the Sun Devils for 11 seasons.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 3 Nov. 2026
  • The series replaces the Purdue series for Notre Dame and the Missouri series for Illinois.
    — Colleen Kane, Chicago Tribune, 3 Nov. 2026
Definition of replaces
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“Supervenes.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/supervenes. Accessed 10 Nov. 2026.

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