Supplanted vs. suppressed

[Vera]

Test No. incompl/advan-84 "GMAT Verbal Quiz (7)", question 8

People used to think the cinema would be ......... by television but it never happened because people still go to the pictures.

(a) supposed
(b) surrounded
(c) suppressed
(d) supplanted

Test No. incompl/advan-84 "GMAT Verbal Quiz (7)", answer 8

People used to think the cinema would be supplanted by television but it never happened because people still go to the pictures.

Correct answer: (d) supplanted

Your answer was: incorrect
People used to think the cinema would be suppressed by television but it never happened because people still go to the pictures.
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can this not be used?

Vera

[Torsten]

Well, the idea in this sentence is that people thought the TV would take the place of the cinema rendering the latter redundant. That's why the word supplanted is correct. To suppress means to hold back or put down.

TOEFL listening lectures: A university lecture on the history of the English language

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