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superior
has definitions from the fields of religion,astronomy,printing,government,geography
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[ adjective ] of high or superior quality or performance
Examples "superior wisdom derived from experience" "superior math students" Used in print (Rocky Mountains News, [Denver, Colorado],...)Spahn not_only is a superior pitcher but a gentlemanly fine fellow , a ball_player 's ball_player , as they say in the trade . (The Times-Picayune, [New Orleans]...)People who take us for suckers are like the Westerner who had on exhibit his superior marksmanship in the form of a number of bull's-eye achievements . (Mr. America, 4:6...)The aspects of physical development that catch the judges ' eyes and which rightfully influence their decisions are symmetry and that hallmark of the true champion - superior definition of the muscles . (Clement Greenberg, "Collage" in his Art and...)These areas by_virtue_of their abrupt density of pattern , stated the literal surface with such new and superior force that the resulting contrast drove the simulated printing into a depth from which it could be rescued - and set to shuttling again - only by conventional perspective ; that_is , by being placed in such relation to the forms depicted within the illusion that these forms left no room for the typography except near the surface . |
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[ adjective ] of or characteristic of high rank or importance
Examples "a superior officer" Used in print (Edward P. Lawton, "Northern Liberals and Southern...)They believe that if the South had been let_alone it would have produced a civilization superior to that of modern America . (Marvin Schiller, "The Sheep's in the Meadow,"...)I felt superior to the neighborhood friends I was leaving_behind , felt older than my years , and was full of compliments for myself as I headed into the subway that was carrying its packs of passengers out of_that dull borough and into the unstable , tantalizing excitement of Manhattan . Related terms inferior eminent commanding arch greatest majestic high-level master upper superordinate high dominant |
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[ noun ] (religion) the head of a religious community
Used in print (Francis Pollini, Night....)`` I soon came_back to my senses '' , he said , aloud , to the young blizzard , proudly , drawing himself up , as if making a report to some important superior . |
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[ noun ] one of greater rank or station or quality
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[ adjective ] (sometimes followed by `to') not subject to or influenced by
Examples "overcome by a superior opponent" "trust magnates who felt themselves superior to law" Related terms |
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[ adjective ] (often followed by `to') above being affected or influenced by
Examples "he is superior to fear" "an ignited firework proceeds superior to circumstances until its blazing vitality fades" Related terms |
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[ adjective ] (printing) written or printed above and to one side of another character
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[ adjective ] having a higher rank
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[ noun ] (geography) the largest freshwater lake in the world; the deepest of the Great Lakes
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[ noun ] a character or symbol set or printed or written above and immediately to one side of another character
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