supreme
IPA: sʌprˈim
noun
- The highest point.
- (cooking) A pizza having a large number of the most common toppings, such as pepperoni, bell peppers, onions, mushrooms, olives, etc.
- (cooking) A breast of chicken or duck with the wing bone attached.
- (cooking) Anything from which all skin, bones, and other parts which are not eaten have been removed, such as a skinless fish fillet.
- The Supreme Being; the Almighty; God.
verb
- (transitive, cooking) To divide a citrus fruit into its segments, removing the skin, pith, membranes, and seeds.
adjective
- Dominant, having power over all others.
- (sometimes postpositive) Greatest, most excellent, extreme, most superior, highest, or utmost.
- (botany) Situated at the highest part or point.
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Examples of "supreme" in Sentences
- Parliament is the supreme lawmaker.
- This is indeed the supreme felicity.
- He is the supreme shaman to the god.
- The Pharaoh was also the supreme warlord.
- It is the supreme court of the United States.
- The acquittal was upheld by the Supreme Court.
- The Constitution is the supreme law of the land.
- The primary providence is that of the supreme God.
- The Supreme Court is the guardian of the Constitution.
- The impersonal absolute is considered to be the supreme.
- KCNA uses the euphemism "supreme dignity" to refer to the Kim family.
- If everything is in balance, what they refer to as supreme equilibrium exists.
- Nawaz says bin Laden's death offers what he calls a "supreme opportunity" to improve the U.S.
- The word supreme is derived from two Sanskrit words that describe the highest state of Divine love and sweet service.
- _still_ the _Sovereign_, and this renders the President absolute, because he is the representative of the supreme will of the _supreme
- But the big question that needs to be asked to him, is why would you ever take a step back and be president once you've had the title supreme allied commander?
- The phrases "most supreme," and "chiefest," in the first sentence, are incorrect, because _supreme_ and _chief_ are in the superlative degree without having the superlative form superadded, which addition makes them double superlatives.
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