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SUPERVENTION
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Dictionary entry overview: What does supervention mean?
• SUPERVENTION (noun)
The noun SUPERVENTION has 1 sense:
1. a following on in addition
Familiarity information: SUPERVENTION used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A following on in addition
Classified under:
Nouns denoting natural events
Hypernyms ("supervention" is a kind of...):
happening; natural event; occurrence; occurrent (an event that happens)
Derivation:
supervene (take place as an additional or unexpected development)
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