Used in a Sentence

usurped

Definition, parts of speech, synonyms, and sentence examples for usurped.

Editorial note

It turns out the Firefox and Chromium, both liberally licensed projects, usurped Internet Explorer's monopoly on browsers.

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Parts of speech1

Quick take

(used especially of the rights of another) seized and held by force

Meaning at a glance

The clearest senses and uses of usurped gathered in one view.

adjective

(used especially of the rights of another) seized and held by force

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for usurped.

adjective

(used especially of the rights of another) seized and held by force

Example sentences

1

It turns out the Firefox and Chromium, both liberally licensed projects, usurped Internet Explorer's monopoly on browsers.

2

Those parts are being usurped by stand-alone services and apps and need to longer be integrated into the browser.

3

Did anyone really believe that Samsung was building a wearables platform that wouldn't be quickly usurped by Google and Apple?

4

Being a solo affiliate these days has been usurped by large companies posing as 'ad networks,' reselling traffic on the open exchange.

5

Samsung used to be the worst but HTC may have usurped that position.

6

Those are the places that the Internet Age hasn't really usurped yet.

7

I find the way that Fuji in particular and Sony to a lesser extent have usurped Leica's target market fascinating.

8

I really wish Reformed Esperanto had usurped Esperanto, which fixed a lot of the bugs.

9

They're enough for grandma writing a letter or similar informal communications, but I imagine that's a niche wholly usurped by e-mail.

10

Bamb, the dick has now usurped some of the targets authority.

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It's financial intermediation, and will not be usurped by Bitcoin.

12

Web applications have not yet usurped desktop apps across the board, and when they eventually do, won't it be a worse environment for a new proprietary OS?

Quote examples

1

"Anarchy" was usurped to somehow describe some sort of "violent" lack of rule/order.

2

"We believe in scientific ideas not because we have truly evaluated all the evidence but because we feel an affinity for the scientific community." – That is true, until they usurped that affinity (trust!).

Frequently asked questions

Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.

How do you use usurped in a sentence?

It turns out the Firefox and Chromium, both liberally licensed projects, usurped Internet Explorer's monopoly on browsers.

What does usurped mean?

(used especially of the rights of another) seized and held by force

What part of speech is usurped?

usurped is commonly used as adjective.