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supervene 中文解釋 wordnet sense Collocation Usage Collins Definition
Verb
/ˌso͞opərˈvēn/,
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supervened, past participle; supervenes, 3rd person singular present; supervening, present participle; supervened, past tense;
  1. Occur later than a specified or implied event or action, typically in such a way as to change the situation
    • - any plan that is made is liable to be disrupted by supervening events
  2. (of a fact or property) Be entailed by or consequent on the existence or establishment of another
    • - the view that mental events supervene upon physical ones

  1. take place as an additional or unexpected development
  2. (supervention) a following on in addition
  3. In philosophy, supervenience is a kind of dependency relationship, typically held to obtain between sets of properties. ...
  4. to follow something closely, either as a consequence or in contrast; to supersede; to be dependent on an earlier event; to be dependent on something else for existence, truth, or instantiation
  5. (Supervening) Unforeseen, intervening, an additional event or cause.