different between surrogate vs supersede

English

Etymology

From Latin surrog?tus, perfect passive participle of surrog?re (“ask”); a variant of subrog?re, from sub (“under”) + rog?re (“ask”).

Pronunciation

Adjective and noun:

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?s?????t/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /?s????t/

Verb:

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?s????e?t/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /?s???e?t/

Noun

surrogate (plural surrogates)

1. A substitute (usually of a person, position or role).

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:substitute

2. A person or animal that acts as a substitute for the social or pastoral role of another, such as a surrogate parent.
3. (chiefly Britain) A deputy for a bishop in granting licences for marriage.
4. (US, politics) A politician or person of influence campaigning for a presidential candidate.
5. (US law) A judicial officer of limited jurisdiction, who administers matters of probate and interstate succession and, in some cases, adoptions.
6. (computing) Any of a range of Unicode codepoints which are used in pairs in UTF-16 to represent characters beyond the Basic Multilingual Plane.
7. (economics) An ersatz good.
8. (databases) Ellipsis of surrogate key.

Hyponyms

(Unicode codepoint):

• high surrogate
• low surrogate

Derived terms

Translations

Descendants

• ? Dutch: surrogaat

Adjective

surrogate (comparative more surrogate, superlative most surrogate)

1. Of, concerning, relating to or acting as a substitute.

Translations

Verb

surrogate (third-person singular simple present surrogates, present participle surrogating, simple past and past participle surrogated)

1. (transitive) To replace or substitute something with something else; to appoint a successor.

   Synonyms: deputize, foster, replace, subrogate, substitute

Related terms

Translations

See also

• surrogatum

Anagrams

• outragers

Italian

Adjective

surrogate f

1. feminine plural of surrogato

Latin

Verb

surrog?te

1. second-person plural present active imperative of surrog?

English

Alternative forms

• supercede, superseed (common misspellings)

Etymology

From Middle French superseder (“postpone, defer”), from Latin supersed?re, from super (“over”) + sed?re (“to sit”). The meaning “to replace” is from 1642, probably by association with unrelated precede – note that c instead of s (from c?dere (“to yield”), not sed?re (“to sit”)). As a result, supercede is a common misspelling – see therein for further discussion. Doublet of surcease.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?su?p??si?d/
• (Canada, General American) IPA^(key): /?sup??sid/
• Rhymes: -i?d

Verb

supersede (third-person singular simple present supersedes, present participle superseding, simple past and past participle superseded)

1. (transitive) To take the place of.

   Those older products have been superseded by our new range.

2. (transitive) To displace in favour of itself.

   Modern US culture has superseded the native forms.

Usage notes

Supersede is the only English word ending in -sede. Similar words include three ending in -ceed and several ending in -cede. Supercede is therefore a common misspelling of this word.

Synonyms

• (take the place of): replace, supplant, usurp

Related terms

Translations

Noun

supersede (plural supersedes)

1. (Internet) An updated newsgroup post that supersedes an earlier version.

   Rogue cancels and supersedes are being issued on a large scale against posters.

References

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /su?per.se.de?/, [s???p?rs??d?e?]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /su?per.se.de/, [su?p?rs?d??]

Verb

supersed?

1. second-person singular present active imperative of supersede?