SUPERIOR
\suːpˈi͡əɹɪə], \suːpˈiəɹɪə], \s_uː_p_ˈiə_ɹ_ɪ__ə]\
Definitions of SUPERIOR
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1898 - Warner's pocket medical dictionary of today.
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1920 - A dictionary of scientific terms.
- 1898 - American pocket medical dictionary
- 1916 - Appleton's medical dictionary
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
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having a higher rank; "superior officer"
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one of greater rank or station or quality
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the largest freshwater lake in the world; the deepest of the Great Lakes
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the head of a religious community
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(sometimes followed by `to') not subject to or influenced by; "overcome by a superior opponent"; "trust magnates who felt themselves superior to law"
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of or characteristic of high rank or importance; "a superior officer"
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(often followed by `to') above being affected or influenced by; "he is superior to fear"; "an ignited firework proceeds superior to circumstances until its blazing vitality fades"
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of high or superior quality or performance; "superior wisdom derived from experience"; "superior math students"
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having an orbit farther from the sun than the Earth's orbit; "Mars and Jupiter are the closest in of the superior planets"
By Princeton University
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having a higher rank; "superior officer"
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one of greater rank or station or quality
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the largest freshwater lake in the world; the deepest of the Great Lakes
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(printing) written or printed above and to one side of another character
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the head of a religious community
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(sometimes followed by `to') not subject to or influenced by; "overcome by a superior opponent"; "trust magnates who felt themselves superior to law"
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of or characteristic of high rank or importance; "a superior officer"
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(astronomy) having an orbit farther from the sun than the Earth's orbit; "Mars and Jupiter are the closest in of the superior planets"
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(often followed by `to') above being affected or influenced by; "he is superior to fear"; "an ignited firework proceeds superior to circumstances until its blazing vitality fades"
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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More elevated in place or position; higher; upper; as, the superior limb of the sun; the superior part of an image.
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Higher in rank or office; more exalted in dignity; as, a superior officer; a superior degree of nobility.
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Higher or greater in excellence; surpassing others in the greatness, or value of any quality; greater in quality or degree; as, a man of superior merit; or of superior bravery.
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Beyond the power or influence of; too great or firm to be subdued or affected by; -- with to.
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More comprehensive; as a term in classification; as, a genus is superior to a species.
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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; also of an ovary when the other floral organs are plainly below it in position, and free from it.
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Belonging to the part of an axillary flower which is toward the main stem; posterior.
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Pointing toward the apex of the fruit; ascending; -- said of the radicle.
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One who is above, or surpasses, another in rank, station, office, age, ability, or merit; one who surpasses in what is desirable; as, Addison has no superior as a writer of pure English.
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The head of a monastery, convent, abbey, or the like.
By Oddity Software
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
By William R. Warner
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Upper: higher in place, rank, or excellence: surpassing others:-beyond the influence of.
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One superior to others: the chief of a monastery, etc., and of certain churches and colleges.
By Daniel Lyons
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Higher; surpassing others; above the influence of.
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One superior to others; chief.
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Superiority.
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
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Superiority.
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Surpassing; more excellent; preferable.
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Higher; upper.
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One who is superior: a chief.
By James Champlin Fernald
By Henderson, I. F.; Henderson, W. D.
By Willam Alexander Newman Dorland
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Situated on the upper portion of a part or organ.
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As a n. m., a muscle occupying a relatively high position. [Lat.]
By Smith Ely Jelliffe
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n. One who is more advanced in age ;-one who is more elevated in rank or office ;-one who surpasses others in dignity, excellence, or qualities of any kind ;-the chief of a monastery, convent, or abbey-;-in Scots’ law, the grantor of a feu or fief ;-a small letter or figure used as an exponent, or as a mark of reference, or for other purposes-so called from its position, standing above or near the top of the line, as a or 1.
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