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supersede | excel |

As a verb supersede

is set (something) aside.

As a noun supersede

is (internet) an updated newsgroup post that supersedes an earlier version.

As a proper noun excel is

a spreadsheet application software program written and distributed by.

supersede

English

Verb

  • Set (something) aside.
  • Take the place of.
    • No one could supersede his sister.
  • Displace in favour of another.
    • Modern US culture has superseded the native forms.

    Usage notes

    (term) is the only English word ending in (term). Similar words include four ending in (term), and several ending in (term) (apart from seed). Because of this, supercede is a common misspelling of this word.

    Synonyms

    * (take the place of) replace, supplant, usurp

    See also

    * supercede and superseed (common misspellings) * supersedure * supersession

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (Internet) An updated newsgroup post that supersedes an earlier version.
    • Rogue cancels and supersedes are being issued on a large scale against posters.

    References

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    excel

    English

    Verb

    (excell)
  • To surpass someone or something; to be better or do better than someone or something.
  • * '>citation
    •     La Rochefoucauld, the French philosopher, said: "If
    you want enemies, excel' your friends; but if you want
    friends, let your friends '''excel''' you."
        Why is that true? Because when our friends '''excel''' us,
    that gives them a feeling of importance; but when we '     excel
    them, that gives them a feeling of inferiority and arouses
    envy and jealousy.
    I excelled everyone else with my exam results.
  • To be much better than others.
  • * {{quote-news
    • , year=2011 , date=November 12 , author= , title=International friendly: England 1-0 Spain , work=BBC Sport citation , page= , passage=Lescott gave his finest England performance alongside his former Everton team-mate Phil Jagielka, who also excelled despite playing with a fractured toe, while Parker was given a deserved standing ovation when he was substituted late on.}}
  • * 1924 : ARISTOTLE. Metaphysics . Translated by W. D. Ross. Nashotah, Wisconsin, USA: The Classical Library, 2001. Available at: . Book 1, Part 2.
    • If, then, there is something in what the poets say, and jealousy is natural to the divine power, it would probably occur in this case above all, and all who excelled in this knowledge would be unfortunate.
  • (rare) To exceed, to go beyond
  • * 1674 , Paradise lost, , by Milton
    • She opened; but to shut / Excelled her power: the gates wide open stood
  • * XIX century , , by Emily Dickinson
    • I reason, we could die : / The best vitality / Cannot excel decay; / But what of that?

    References

    * English intransitive verbs English transitive verbs