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superior
1[ suh-peer-ee-er, soo- ]
adjective
- higher in station, rank, degree, importance, etc.:
a superior officer.
- above the average in excellence, merit, intelligence, etc.:
superior math students.
Synonyms: , , , ,
- of higher grade or quality:
superior merchandise.
- greater in quantity or amount:
superior numbers.
- showing a consciousness or feeling of being better than or above others:
superior airs.
Synonyms: , ,
- not yielding or susceptible (usually followed by to ):
to be superior to temptation.
- higher in place or position:
We moved our camp to superior ground.
- Botany.
- situated above some other organ.
- (of a calyx) seeming to originate from the top of the ovary.
- (of an ovary) free from the calyx.
- Anatomy. (of an organ or part)
- higher in place or position; situated above another.
- toward the head. Compare inferior ( def 7 ).
- Printing. written or printed high on a line of text, as the “2†in a 2 b; superscript. Compare inferior ( def 9 ).
noun
- one superior to another.
- Also called superscript. Printing. a superior letter, number, or symbol. Compare inferior ( def 11 ).
- Ecclesiastical. the head of a monastery, convent, or the like.
Superior
2[ suh-peer-ee-er, soo- ]
noun
- Lake Superior, a lake in the north central United States and southern Canada: the northernmost of the Great Lakes; the largest body of fresh water in the world. 350 miles (564 kilometers) long; 31,820 square miles (82,415 square kilometers); greatest depth, 1,290 feet (393 meters); 602 feet (183 meters) above sea level.
- a port in northwestern Wisconsin, on Lake Superior.
superior
1/ suËËŒpɪərɪˈɒrɪtɪ; suËˈpɪərɪə /
adjective
- greater in quality, quantity, etc
- of high or extraordinary worth, merit, etc
- higher in rank or status
a superior tribunal
- displaying a conscious sense of being above or better than others; supercilious
- often postpositivefoll byto not susceptible (to) or influenced (by)
- placed higher up; situated further from the base
- astronomy
- (of a planet) having an orbit further from the sun than the orbit of the earth
- (of a conjunction) occurring when the sun lies between the earth and an inferior planet
- (of a plant ovary) situated above the calyx and other floral parts
- anatomy (of one part in relation to another) situated above or higher
- printing (of a character) written or printed above the line; superscript
noun
- a person or thing of greater rank or quality
- printing a character set in a superior position
- often capital the head of a community in a religious order
Superior
2/ sjuË-; suËˈpɪərɪə /
noun
- Lake Superiora lake in the N central US and S Canada: one of the largest freshwater lakes in the world and westernmost of the Great Lakes. Area: 82Â 362 sq km (31Â 800 sq miles)
Usage
Derived Forms
- superiority, noun
- ²õ³Üˈ±è±ð°ù¾±´Ç°ù±ð²õ²õ, noun:feminine
- ²õ³Üˈ±è±ð°ù¾±´Ç°ù±ô²â, adverb
Other ˜yÐÄvlog Forms
- ²õ³Ü·±è±ð۾±Â·´Ç°ù·±ô²â adverb
- ±ç³Ü²¹î€È´¾±-²õ³Ü·±è±ð۾±Â·´Ç°ù adjective
- ³Ü²Ôî€È´³Ü·±è±ð۾±Â·´Ç°ù adjective
- un²õ³Ü·±è±ð۾±Â·´Ç°ù·±ô²â adverb
˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
Origin of superior1
Origin of superior2
˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
Origin of superior1
Example Sentences
What’s worse is that “Death of a Unicorn†hit theaters close to the same time the far superior satire “Common Side Effects†finished its first season, deriding the same topic.
State Farm Group, led by State Farm General’s parent company, was given a superior financial rating in December by rating agency AM Best and last month released its 2024 financial results.
Among Southern intellectuals and their supporters in antebellum America, there were those who defended slavery not just on racial grounds, but as an inherently superior social system.
“Everything about it is probably significantly superior to what burnt down.â€
After she told her superior what had happened, Depardieu allegedly called her a "snitch" and refused to have her come near him.
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