Superior Meaning
/suːˈpɪə.ɹi.ə/Definition, CEFR level B2, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.
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Definition
adjHigher in rank, status, or quality.
adjHigher in rank, status, or quality., Of high standard or quality.
Sentence Examples
You must inform your superior of the results.
Your pitching is far superior to mine.
CEFR Practice Quiz
The new smartphone model is ____ to the old one in terms of camera quality.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
This high-quality laptop is ____ to the older model in terms of its processing speed and overall memory.
Word Origin & History
From Middle English, borrowed from Old French superiour, from Latin superior (“higher, upper”).
Literary Quotations & Historical Citations
"There were many wooden chairs for the bulk of his visitors, and two wicker armchairs with red cloth cushions for superior people. From the packing-cases had emerged some Indian clubs,[…], and all these articles[…] made a scattered and untidy decoration that Mrs. Clough assiduously dusted and greatly cherished."
— 1918, W[illiam] B[abington] Maxwell, chapter XII, in The Mirror and the Lamp, Indianapolis, Ind.: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, →OCLC:
"Additionally, reliability proved to be superior to NBL's design, with an average of 120,000 miles run during 1959."
— 2022 January 12, David Clough, “From Germany with love: a Warship perspective”, in RAIL, number 948, page 46:
"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."
— 1905, E. M. Forster, Where Angels Fear to Tread, chapter 3
"There is not in earth a spectacle more worthy […]than a brave man superior to his sufferings."
— 1711 December 11 (Gregorian calendar), [Joseph Addison; Richard Steele et al.], “FRIDAY, December 1, 1711”, in The Spectator, number 237; republished in Alexander Chalmers, editor, The Spectator; a New Edition, […], volume III, New York, N.Y.: D[aniel] Appleton & Company, 1853, →OCLC:
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CEFR Practice Quiz
The new smartphone model is ____ to the old one in terms of camera quality.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
This high-quality laptop is ____ to the older model in terms of its processing speed and overall memory.