Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Higher than another in rank, station, or authority.
- adjective Of a higher nature or kind.
- adjective Of great value or excellence; extraordinary.
- adjective Greater in number or amount than another.
- adjective Presuming to be or suggesting that one is morally or socially better than others; disdainful or supercilious.
- adjective Above being affected or influenced; indifferent or immune.
- adjective Located higher than another; upper.
- adjective Botany Inserted or situated above the perianth. Used of an ovary.
- adjective Printing Set above the main line of type.
- adjective Logic Of wider or more comprehensive application; generic. Used of a term or proposition.
- noun One that surpasses another in rank or quality.
- noun Ecclesiastical The head of a religious community, such as a monastery, abbey, or convent.
- noun Printing A superior character, as the number 2 in x2.
from The Century Dictionary.
- More elevated in place; higher; upper: as, the superior limb of the sun: opposed to inferior.
- In anatomy and zoology, upper in relative position or direction; uppermost with regard to something else: correlated with anterior, inferior, and posterior.
- In botany: Placed higher, as noting the relative position of the calyx and ovary: thus, the ovary is superior when the calyx is quite free from it, as normally; the calyx is superior when from being adnate to the ovary it appears to spring from its top.
- Next the axis; belonging to the part of an axillary flower which is toward the main stem. Also called
posterior . - Pointing toward the apex of the fruit; ascending: said of the radicle.
- Higher in rank or office; more exalted in dignity: as, a superior officer; a superior degree of nobility.
- Higher or greater in respect to some quality or property; possessed or manifested in a higher (or, absolutely, very high) degree: applied to persons and things, and to their qualities and properties; surpassing others in the greatness, goodness, extent, or value of any quality; in mathematics, greater.
- Being beyond the power or influence of something; too great or firm to be subdued or affected by something; above: used only predicatively or appositively: with to: as, a man superior to revenge. Sometimes used sarcastically, as of an assumed quality, without to: as, he smiled with a superior air.
- In logic, less in comprehension; loss determinate; having less depth, and consequently commonly wider.
- Synonyms Paramount, surpassing, predominant.
- noun One who is superior to or above another; one who is higher or greater than another, as in social station, rank, office, dignity, power, or ability.
- noun Specifically The chief of a monastery, convent, or abbey.
- noun In Scots law, one who or whoso predecessor has made an original grant of heritable property on condition that the grantee, termed the vassal, shall annually pay to him a certain sum (commonly called
feu-duty ) or perform certain services. - noun In printing, a small figure or letter standing above or near the top of the line, used as a mark of reference or for other purposes: thus, x, a; so back, back, and other homonyms as distinguished in this dictionary.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun One who is above, or surpasses, another in rank, station, office, age, ability, or merit; one who surpasses in what is desirable.
- noun (Eccl.) The head of a monastery, convent, abbey, or the like.
- adjective More elevated in place or position; higher; upper.
- adjective Higher in rank or office; more exalted in dignity.
- adjective Higher or greater in excellence; surpassing others in the greatness, or value of any quality; greater in quality or degree.
- adjective Beyond the power or influence of; too great or firm to be subdued or affected by; -- with
to . - adjective More comprehensive; as a term in classification.
- adjective 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.
- adjective Belonging to the part of an axillary flower which is toward the main stem; posterior.
- adjective Pointing toward the apex of the fruit; ascending; -- said of the radicle.
- adjective etc. See
Conjunction ,Planet , etc. - adjective (Print.) a figure or letter printed above the line, as a reference to a note or an index of a power, etc. Cf. Inferior figure, under
Inferior .
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective
Higher inquality . - adjective
Higher inrank . - adjective Located
above . - adjective Being greater or better than average;
extraordinary . - noun A person of
higher rank orquality . - noun The senior person in a monastic community.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a town in northwest Wisconsin on Lake Superior across from Duluth
- adjective of or characteristic of high rank or importance
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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In mammals, where the term superior colliculus is generally used instead of optic tectum, this area is called the parabigeminal nucleus.
Citizendium, the Citizens' Compendium - Recent changes [en] 2009
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Fed up with what he described as his superior's fondness for golf, he began training a paramilitary force for the opposition Red Shirts that the army branded as "terrorists" and opened a direct line of communication to ousted populist leader Thaksin Shinawatra, whom the army removed in a coup four years ago.
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Let's remember why: All of this started because Clinton is trying to campaign on what she describes as superior foreign policy experience.
Hillary Campaign: She "Misspoke" About Bosnia Sniper Incident 2009
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If their superior is a woman, a significant number tend to try to end-run or sabotage the female boss.
Feminism, Social Change, and Speculative Fiction « L.E. Modesitt, Jr. – The Official Website 2007
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If their superior is a woman, a significant number tend to try to end-run or sabotage the female boss.
October « 2007 « L.E. Modesitt, Jr. – The Official Website 2007
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After all, the failure of a military man or woman to carry out a lawful order given to them by a superior is a federal crime punishible by fine, imprisonment or even death.
Think Progress » Coulter Derides Call For New Iraq Strategy, Endorses Lieberman Approach 2006
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It encouraged the adherents of this house to attribute to it an almost regal dignity, and to intimate more and more plainly its claim upon the throne of France, as descended through the Dukes of Lorraine from Charlemagne -- a title superior to that of the Valois, who could trace their origin to no higher source than the usurper Hugh Capet.
The Rise of the Hugenots, Vol. 1 (of 2) Henry Martyn Baird
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Perhaps it was because he wished it to be known that he considered himself the equal of any Tartar ruler; perhaps because he desired to have a title superior to that of the nobles who descended from former grand dukes, and who inherited the rank without the power; at any rate Ivan IV was crowned as the first Czar.
The Story of Russia R. Van Bergen
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He urged him and he took it -- In the East the acceptance by a superior is a proof of friendship, and by an enemy, of reconciliation.
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