How to spell supersede
supersede
Supersede is spelled S-U-P-E-R-S-E-D-E.
Not supercede.
Why is supersede easy to misspell?
The word supersede ends -sede, and supercede gives it the -cede of precede and concede. It is the only common English word with that ending, so it has to be learned on its own.
This is one of the few endings English settles outright. Only exceed, proceed and succeed take -ceed, and only supersede takes -sede; everything else is -cede.
What does supersede mean?
verb. to take the place of
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