Supreme

/ˌs(j)uːˈpɹiːm/ · adjective

Meaning

Dominant, having power over all others..

Definitions by Sense

1. Dominant, having power over all others.
2. (sometimes postpositive) Greatest, or the most excellent, extreme, superior, highest, or utmost.
3. (botany) Situated at the highest part or point.
4. (transitive, cooking) To divide a citrus fruit into its segments, removing the skin, pith, membranes, and seeds.
5. The highest point.
6. (cooking) A pizza having a large number of the most common toppings, such as pepperoni, bell peppers, onions, mushrooms, olives, etc.
7. (cooking) A breast of chicken or duck with the wing bone attached.
8. (cooking) Anything from which all skin, bones, and other parts which are not eaten have been removed, such as a skinless fish fillet.

Example Sentences

The US supreme court has ruled unanimously that natural human genes cannot be patented, a decision that scientists and civil rights campaigners said removed a major barrier to patient care and medical innovation.

supreme disgust

supreme courage

But they will come away with an enhanced understanding of, and even sympathy for, the man who, according to at least one of his associates, was the “supreme gangster in the U.S., the top man … the big boss.”

Faced with a choice between the Supreme, the Hawaiian [...], the Capricciosa or the Meat Lovers', the bogan will invariably gravitate to the meal most likely to induce a fatal disease.

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Word Forms

• supremer
• more supreme
• supremest
• most supreme
• suprême
• supremes
• supreming
• supremed

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