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Meaning of 'supreme' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Supreme [ a.]
- Highest in authority; holding the highest place in authority, government, or power.
- Highest; greatest; most excellent or most extreme; utmost; greatist possible (sometimes in a bad sense); as, supreme love; supreme glory; supreme magnanimity; supreme folly.
- Situated at the highest part or point.

Meaning of 'supreme' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . supreme [ s]
Meaning (1):
- highest in excellence or achievement
Example in sentence:
  • a supreme endeavor;
  • supreme among musicians;
  • supreme courage
Meaning (2):
- greatest in status or authority or power
Example in sentence:
  • a supreme tribunal
Meaning (3):
- greatest or maximal in degree; extreme
Example in sentence:
  • His face assumed an expression of sublime conceit;
  • supreme folly;
  • the sublime absurdity of the creative process;
  • the supreme confidence of youth
Meaning (4):
- final or last in your life or progress
Example in sentence:
  • the supreme judgment;
  • the supreme sacrifice

Nearby Words:

sup supawn supe super super- superable superabound superabundance superabundant superacidulated

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