superior
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4.1
- adjective
- /suːˈpɪr.i.ər/
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superior
- I'm still your superior officer.
- superior court
- superior position
- superior and subordinate
Who is inferior and who is superior and who gets to decide that?
- Who is inferior and who is superior and who gets to decide that?
- that you're either superior or inferior to somebody else.
- These are the people who sort of, in a superior way, stand above people.
- Well, people have tirelessly sought to prove that woman is superior, inferior, equal to man.
- But OK, we tried the we're superior to you.
- Loving my people doesn't mean I think we're superior in any way.
- Like he had to show that he was superior.
- Athena represents our consciousness, our rationality, what makes us superior to other animals.
- We need to show the world that we are superior.
- Of course, no one, no gender is superior.
- They may just have been so superior and arrogant that they didn't know how to tone it down.
- And so that was my angle to be superior.
- And so mathematicians are still superior and supreme.
- In South Africa, classism was always the form of superior buildings.
Examples
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I'll report you to your superior officer.
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The superior ranking of the general ensures that his decisions are followed by all lower ranks.
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What brought us here was a superior public school system.
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When a superior officer approaches you, you stand at attention.
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You will do it or face charges for disobeying your superior officer.
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As his superior officer, I've given him complete charge of the case.
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In the novel, the pilgrims are far superior to the demons in magic power and status.
Academic text (2012) -
Athena represents our consciousness, our rationality, what makes us superior to other animals.
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Sgt. Anders, I have spoken with your superior officer in Costanza.
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When given a command, you must follow the orders of your superior officer.
Synonyms
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Having a higher rank or position than others
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4.2
A person who has an important senior job in an organization
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Having more power than other people in an organization
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A part of an organization that is at a higher position
Higher in rank within a group or system
A person who has a high position in an organization
Antonyms
Compounds
- Specialized
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7.0
A large blood vessel from the aorta that sends blood to the small intestine and part of the colon
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2.7
The largest freshwater lake in the world on the border of the United States and Canada
- Specialized
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4.5
A large vein that carries blood with little oxygen from the upper body to the right side of the heart
- Specialized
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8.9
An upper fold of tissue in the throat that does not make sound
- Specialized
An artery that gives blood to the upper teeth and nearby gums
- Specialized
A vein that drains blood from the upper front of the belly and runs beside its artery
- Specialized
A vein in the top of a lung that carries oxygen-rich blood to the left upper part of the heart
- Specialized
A long vein in the deep part of the brain that drains blood
- Specialized
A vein that carries blood from the inner corner of the eye into a deep vein behind the eye
- Specialized
A planet that orbits the Sun outside Earth's orbit, like Mars or Jupiter
- Specialized
A neck vein that carries blood from the top of the thyroid gland into a large neck vein
- Specialized
A blood vessel that carries blood to the upper part of the cerebellum and nearby midbrain
- Specialized
A part of the brain that helps process what you see and control quick eye movements
- Specialized
When a planet is on the far side of the Sun from Earth so we cannot see it
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A brain vein that drains blood from the top half of the brain
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A vein that carries blood from the upper part of each lung to the left upper chamber of the heart
How Senior
Surface Forms
Morphology
superior = super (opaque) = super + ior
The base 'super' is a prefix, but the remainder 'ior' is not a standalone English word, making the derivation opaque.
Etymology
Superior comes from the Latin parts super and -ior, where super means 'above' and -ior makes a comparison. So it originally meant 'higher' and now describes someone or something that is above others in rank or position.