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/suːpˈiəɹɪɐ/
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[ US /suˈpɪɹiɝ/ ]
[ US /suˈpɪɹiɝ/ ]
ADJECTIVE
- written or printed above and to one side of another character
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having a higher rank
superior officer -
having an orbit farther from the sun than the Earth's orbit
Mars and Jupiter are the closest in of the superior planets -
of or characteristic of high rank or importance
a superior ruler -
of high or superior quality or performance
superior wisdom derived from experience
superior math students -
(often followed by `to') above being affected or influenced by
an ignited firework proceeds superior to circumstances until its blazing vitality fades
he is superior to fear -
(sometimes followed by `to') not subject to or influenced by
overcome by a superior opponent
trust magnates who felt themselves superior to law
NOUN
- one of greater rank or station or quality
- the head of a religious community
- a character or symbol set or printed or written above and immediately to one side of another character
- a combatant who is able to defeat rivals
How To Use superior In A Sentence
- Inhuman hours, back-stabbing competition, abuse by superiors; it's all familiar now.
- The ether gradually absorbs oxygen from the atmosphere, being converted into acetic acid; this, by its superior affinities, reacts on the iodide present, converting it into acetate, with liberation of hydriodic acid; while this latter, under the influence of the atmospheric oxygen, is very rapidly converted into water and iodine. Notes and Queries, Number 227, March 4, 1854 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc.
- The lymphatic vessels of the tongue may be divided into four groups: (1) apical, from the tip of the tongue to the suprahyoid glands and principal gland of the tongue; (2) lateral, from the margin of the tonguesome of these pierce the Mylohyoideus to end in the submaxillary glands, others pass down on the Hyoglossus to the superior deep cervical glands; (3) basal, from the region of the vallate papillæ to the superior deep cervical glands; and (4) median, a few of which perforate the Mylohyoideus to reach the submaxillary glands, while the majority turn around the posterior border of the muscle to enter the superior deep cervical glands. VIII. The Lymphatic System. 3. The Lymphatics of the Head, Face, and Neck
- How anyone could have read some sinister intent into those views is indeed puzzling, and illustrates well how those damned Jewshow certain hypersensitive and overly privileged people who feel superior to the rest of the world are willing to cut their own throats for short term advantage by using unjustified charges of anti-semitism to point out how they take advantage of their position in any nation or institution who trusts them so as to benefit their own in group at the expense of that nation or institution. The Volokh Conspiracy » Why Catholics and Jews?
- I was merely commenting how superior the Assos jersey seemed, compared to the other jerseys in my burgeoning collection.
- Instead of talking about the mechanical superiority of their latest cars, manufacturers hired the sexiest, perkiest breasted young women they could find to writhe, lean and lick their lips next to their new products. Judith Acosta: How Marketers Capitalize On Your Fear: Confessions Of An Ex-Ad-Woman
- It gives them an air of superiority that makes them seem impervious to other people's feelings. Times, Sunday Times
- This candidate is clearly superior.
- Integrity unlimited, superior quality Albatron is the pursuit.
- Grant, a booze-hound from the word go, would show up in front of his superiors stewed to the gills. Who
