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Superior

//suːˈpɪə.ɹi.ə// adj, name, noun

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Higher in rank, status, or quality. not-comparable

    "Rebecca had always thought shorts were far superior to pants, as they didn't constantly make her legs itch."

  2. 2
    Higher in rank, status, or quality.; Of high standard or quality. not-comparable

    "She always treated (her husband) as a boy, which he was, and as a fool, which he was not, thinking herself so immeasurably superior to him that she neglected opportunity after opportunity of establishing her rule."

  3. 3
    Higher in rank, status, or quality.; Greater in size or power. not-comparable
  4. 4
    Higher in rank, status, or quality.; Beyond the power or influence of; too great or firm to be subdued or affected by. not-comparable

    "There is not in earth a spectacle more worthy […]than a brave man superior to his sufferings."

  5. 5
    Higher in rank, status, or quality.; Greater or better than average. not-comparable
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  1. 6
    Courageously or serenely indifferent (as to something painful or disheartening). not-comparable
  2. 7
    Printed in superscript. not-comparable

    "a superior figure or letter"

  3. 8
    Located above or out; higher in position. not-comparable

    "the superior jaw; the superior part of an image"

  4. 9
    Located above or out; higher in position.; Located above or higher, a direction that in humans corresponds to cephalad. not-comparable
  5. 10
    Located above or out; higher in position.; (of a calyx) Above the ovary; said of parts of the flower which, although normally below the ovary, adhere to it, and so appear to originate from its upper part. not-comparable
  6. 11
    Located above or out; higher in position.; (of an ovary) Above and free from the other floral organs. not-comparable
  7. 12
    Located above or out; higher in position.; Belonging to the part of an axillary flower which is toward the main stem. not-comparable
  8. 13
    Located above or out; higher in position.; (of the radicle) Pointing toward the apex of the fruit. not-comparable
  9. 14
    More comprehensive. not-comparable

    "A genus is superior to a species."

  10. 15
    Affecting or assuming an air of superiority. not-comparable
  11. 16
    Having a wider orbit around the Sun; typically with respect to the Earth. not-comparable
Adjective
  1. 1
    (often followed by ‘to’) above being affected or influenced by wordnet
  2. 2
    (sometimes followed by ‘to’) not subject to or influenced by wordnet
  3. 3
    having a higher rank wordnet
  4. 4
    of or characteristic of high rank or importance wordnet
  5. 5
    of high or superior quality or performance wordnet
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  1. 6
    having an orbit farther from the sun than the Earth's orbit wordnet
  2. 7
    written or printed above and to one side of another character wordnet
Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A number of places in the United States:; A town in Pinal County, Arizona.
  2. 2
    A number of places in the United States:; A statutory town in Boulder County, Colorado.
  3. 3
    A number of places in the United States:; An unincorporated community in Raccoon Township, Parke County, Indiana.
  4. 4
    A number of places in the United States:; A minor city in Dickinson County, Iowa.
  5. 5
    A number of places in the United States:; A township in Chippewa County, Michigan.
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  1. 6
    A number of places in the United States:; A township and unincorporated community therein, in Washtenaw County, Michigan.
  2. 7
    A number of places in the United States:; A town, the county seat of Mineral County, Montana.
  3. 8
    A number of places in the United States:; A small city in Nuckolls County, Nebraska.
  4. 9
    A number of places in the United States:; An unincorporated community in McDowell County, West Virginia.
  5. 10
    A number of places in the United States:; A city, village, and civil town in Wisconsin. The city is the county seat of Douglas County.
  6. 11
    A number of places in the United States:; A town in Sweetwater County, Wyoming.
  7. 12
    Ellipsis of Lake Superior. abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis
  8. 13
    Ellipsis of Superior Craton. abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis
  9. 14
    Synonym of Superia.
Noun
  1. 1
    A person of higher rank or quality, especially a colleague in a higher position.; The senior person in a monastic community.
  2. 2
    a character or symbol set or printed or written above and immediately to one side of another character wordnet
  3. 3
    A person of higher rank or quality, especially a colleague in a higher position.; The head of certain religious institutions and colleges.
  4. 4
    the head of a religious community wordnet
  5. 5
    A superior letter, figure, or symbol.
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  1. 6
    one of greater rank or station or quality wordnet
  2. 7
    One who has made an original grant of heritable property to a tenant or vassal, on condition of a certain annual payment (feu duty) or of the performance of certain services. historical
  3. 8
    a combatant who is able to defeat rivals wordnet

Etymology

Etymology 1

From Middle English, borrowed from Old French superiour, from Latin superior (“higher, upper”).

Etymology 2

From Middle English, borrowed from Old French superiour, from Latin superior (“higher, upper”).

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