verdringen — meaning in English

English meaning

• jostle verb To bump or push against someone while moving, often in a crowd.
• supersede verb To take the place of something older or less effective, so that the earlier version is no longer used or valid.
• supplant verb To take over the position that something or someone else used to have.

Senses

verdringen is used for these senses in English:

• crowd out (transitive, sometimes, figurative) To force to leave by crowding; to push out or away through strength of numbers.
• jostle (intransitive) To move through by pushing and shoving.
• supersede (transitive) To displace in favor of itself.
• supplant (transitive) To take the place of; to replace, to supersede.

jostle — full definition

1. verb To bump or push against someone while moving, often in a crowd.
2. verb To compete or struggle with others to get or achieve something.
3. noun A rough push or shove, or the general shoving of a crowd.

supersede — full definition

1. verb To take the place of something older or less effective, so that the earlier version is no longer used or valid.
2. verb To take over a position or role from someone, especially by being appointed in their place.

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