English Dictionary

supervene

動詞

自動詞

(intransitive) To follow (something) closely, either as a consequence or in contrast. / To supersede. / To be dependent on an earlier event.

日本語の意味

（ある出来事に）続いて生じる、または結果として現れる / 先行するものに取って代わる、置き換える / 以前の事象に依存する、影響を受ける

If urgent matters supervene, we will postpone the meeting until tomorrow.

緊急の事情が生じた場合は、会議を明日に延期します。

意味（1）

(intransitive) To follow (something) closely, either as a consequence or in contrast.

The disease was regarded as pneumonia so far advanced that suppuration seemed to have supervened; bleeding, blisters, expectorants, and cathartics diminished the symptoms; the pulse continued frequent, hard, full, but always regular.

意味（2）

To supersede.

意味（3）

To be dependent on an earlier event.

意味（4）

(philosophy) To be dependent on something else for existence, truth, or instantiation.

For instance, an idiosyncratic necessitist might claim that even if a river were not spatiotemporally located, it would still be ugly or beautiful in ways that do not supervene on anything else.

supervenes （ present singular third-person ）

supervening （ participle present ）

supervened （ participle past ）

supervened （ past ）