Supreme Meaning
/ˌs(j)uːˈpɹiːm/Definition, CEFR level C1, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.
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Definition
adjDominant, having power over all others.
adjGreatest, or the most excellent, extreme, superior, highest, or utmost.
Sentence Examples
That matter was decided by the Supreme Court.
This is a matter of supreme importance.
The Supreme Commander of the armed forces
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CEFR Practice Quiz
The ____ court is the highest legal authority in the country.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
The ____ commander gave the order for the troops to start their planned movement toward the border today.
Word Origin & History
From Middle English suppreme, partly from Middle French suppreme, supreme and partly from its etymon, Latin suprēmus, superlative of superus (“that is above”). In the cooking sense, partly an independent borrowing of French suprême, partly merged with the existing English word. Doublet of supremo.
Literary Quotations & Historical Citations
"The US supreme court has ruled unanimously that natural human genes cannot be patented, a decision that scientists and civil rights campaigners said removed a major barrier to patient care and medical innovation."
— 2013 June 21, Karen McVeigh, “US rules human genes can't be patented”, in The Guardian Weekly, volume 189, number 2, page 10:
"But they will come away with an enhanced understanding of, and even sympathy for, the man who, according to at least one of his associates, was the “supreme gangster in the U.S., the top man … the big boss.”"
— 2021 February 9, Jenna Weissman Joselit, “Was Bugsy Siegel the ‘Supreme Gangster’? A Biography Makes the Case”, in The New York Times, →ISSN:
"Faced with a choice between the Supreme, the Hawaiian [...], the Capricciosa or the Meat Lovers', the bogan will invariably gravitate to the meal most likely to induce a fatal disease."
— 2010, Michael Jayfox, E. Chas McSween, Intravenus DeMilo, Enron Hubbard, Hunter McKenzie-Smythe, Flash Johnson, Things Bogans Like, Sydney: Hachette, page 117:
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CEFR Practice Quiz
The ____ court is the highest legal authority in the country.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
The ____ commander gave the order for the troops to start their planned movement toward the border today.