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Meaning of supervention | Babel Free

Noun CEFR C1

Definitions

  1. An act, process, or instance of supervening
  2. An act, process, or instance of supervening:
  3. Synonym of supervenience.
  4. Synonym of supersession.

Examples

“in the solid substance of the stone; […]this compact and ponderous body was made stony, by the supervention of some petrescent liquor upon porous earth”
“The poor visibility of a dark celestial body follows from its nonradiative character by supervention.”

CEFR level

C1
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This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.
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