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su⋅pe⋅ri⋅or
[suh-peer-ee-er, soo-]
–adjective
| 1. | higher in station, rank, degree, importance, etc.: a superior officer. |
| 2. | above the average in excellence, merit, intelligence, etc.: superior math students. |
| 3. | of higher grade or quality: superior merchandise. |
| 4. | greater in quantity or amount: superior numbers. |
| 5. | showing a consciousness or feeling of being better than or above others: superior airs. |
| 6. | not yielding or susceptible (usually fol. by to): to be superior to temptation. |
| 7. | higher in place or position: We moved our camp to superior ground. |
| 8. | Botany.
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| 9. | Anatomy. (of an organ or part)
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| 10. | Printing. written or printed high on a line of text, as the “2” in a2b; superscript. Compare inferior (def. 9). |
–noun
| 11. | one superior to another. |
| 12. | Also called superscript. Printing. a superior letter, number, or symbol. Compare inferior (def. 11). |
| 13. | Ecclesiastical. the head of a monastery, convent, or the like. |
Su⋅pe⋅ri⋅or
[suh-peer-ee-er, soo-]
–noun
| 1. | Lake, a lake in the N central United States and S Canada: the northernmost of the Great Lakes; the largest body of fresh water in the world. 350 mi. (564 km) long; 31,820 sq. mi. (82,415 sq. km); greatest depth, 1290 ft. (393 m); 602 ft. (183 m) above sea level. |
| 2. | a port in NW Wisconsin, on Lake Superior. 29,571. |
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Superior
Su*pe"ri*or\, a. [L., compar. of superus being above, fr. super above, over: cf. F. sup['e]rieur. See Super-, and cf. Supreme.]1. More elevated in place or position; higher; upper; as, the superior limb of the sun; the superior part of an image. 2. Higher in rank or office; more exalted in dignity; as, a superior officer; a superior degree of nobility. 3. 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. 4. Beyond the power or influence of; too great or firm to be subdued or affected by; -- with to. There is not in earth a spectacle more worthy than a great man superior to his sufferings. --Spectator. 5. More comprehensive; as a term in classification; as, a genus is superior to a species. 6. (Bot.) (a) 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. (b) Belonging to the part of an axillary flower which is toward the main stem; posterior. (c) Pointing toward the apex of the fruit; ascending; -- said of the radicle. Superior conjunction, Superior planets, etc. See Conjunction, Planet, etc. Superior figure, Superior letter (Print.), a figure or letter printed above the line, as a reference to a note or an index of a power, etc; as, in x^2 + y^n, 2 is a superior figure, n a superior letter. Cf. Inferior figure, under Inferior.Superior
Su*pe"ri*or\, n. 1. 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. 2. (Eccl.) The head of a monastery, convent, abbey, or the like.
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Language Translation for : superior
Spanish:
superior,
German:
höher,
Japanese:
より上の
superior (adj.)
1390, "higher in position," from O.Fr. superior, from L. superiorem (nom. superior) "higher," comparative of superus "situated above, upper," from super "above, over" (see super-). Meaning "higher in rank or dignity" is attested from 1485; sense of "of a higher nature or character" is attested from 1533. Noun meaning "person of higher rank" is attested from 1483.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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Main Entry: su·pe·ri·or
Function: adjective
: of higher status, rank, or priority
Merriam-Webster's Dictionary of Law, © 1996 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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Main Entry: su·pe·ri·or
Pronunciation: su-'pir-E-&r
Function: adjective
1 : situated toward the head and further away fromthe feet than another and especially another similar part of an upright body especially of a human being
2 : situated in a more anterior or dorsal position in the body of a quadruped—compare INFERIOR 2
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superior su·pe·ri·or (s&oobreve;-pēr'ē-ər)
adj.
- Higher than another in rank, station, or authority.
- Situated above or directed upward.
- Situated nearer the top of the head.
su·pe'ri·or·ly adv.
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Superior
city, seat (1854) of Douglas county, extreme northwestern Wisconsin, U.S. It lies at the western tip of Lake Superior, opposite Duluth, Minnesota, from which it is separated by St. Louis Bay. A port of entry, it shares an extensive natural harbour with Duluth, forming the western terminus of the St. Lawrence Seaway.
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