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Definition of 'Superior'

Random House Webster's College Dictionary

1. (adj.) superior
higher in station, rank, degree, etc.

2.  superior
above the average in excellence, merit, intelligence, etc.

3.  superior
of higher grade or quality.

4.  superior
greater in quantity or amount.

5.  superior
showing a consciousness or feeling of being better than or above others.

6.  superior
not yielding or susceptible (usu. fol. by to):
to be superior to temptation.

7.  superior
higher in place or position:
superior ground.

8.  superior
Bot.

9.  superior
situated above some other organ.

10.  superior
(of a calyx) seeming to originate from the top of the ovary.

11.  superior
(of an ovary) free from the calyx.

12.  superior
Anat. (of an organ or part)

13.  superior
higher in place or position; situated above another.

14.  superior
being toward the head.

15.  superior
(of a planet) having an orbit outside that of the earth, as Mars and Jupiter.

16.  superior
(of a conjunction of a superior planet) taking place between the sun and the planet.

17.  superior
written or printed high on a line of text, as the “2” in a²b; superscript.

18. (n.) superior
one superior to another.

19.  superior
the head of a monastery, convent, or the like.

20. (n.) Superior
Lake, a lake in the N central U.S. and S Canada: the northernmost of the Great Lakes; the largest body of fresh water in the world. 31,820 sq. mi. (82,415 sq. km).

Definition of 'Superior'

Princeton's WordNet

1. (noun) superior, higher-up, superordinate
one of greater rank or station or quality

2. (noun) superior
the head of a religious community

3. (noun) victor, master, superior
a combatant who is able to defeat rivals

4. (noun) Lake Superior, Superior
the largest freshwater lake in the world; the deepest of the Great Lakes

5. (noun) Superior
a town in northwest Wisconsin on Lake Superior across from Duluth

6. (adj) superscript, superior
a character or symbol set or printed or written above and immediately to one side of another character

7. (adj) superior
of high or superior quality or performance
"superior wisdom derived from experience"; "superior math students"

8. (adj) superior
of or characteristic of high rank or importance
"a superior ruler"

9. (adj) superior
(sometimes followed by `to') not subject to or influenced by
"overcome by a superior opponent"; "trust magnates who felt themselves superior to law"

10. (adj) superscript, superior
written or printed above and to one side of another character

11. (adj) superior
having an orbit farther from the sun than the Earth's orbit
"Mars and Jupiter are the closest in of the superior planets"

12. (adj) ranking(a), superior, higher-ranking
having a higher rank
"superior officer"

13. (adj) superior(p)
(often followed by `to') above being affected or influenced by
"he is superior to fear"; "an ignited firework proceeds superior to circumstances until its blazing vitality fades"

Definition of 'Superior'

Kernerman English Learner’s Dictionary

1. (adjective) superior
of high quality
a superior wine

2. superior
showing that sb thinks they are better than other people
her superior manner

3. superior
of a higher rank than sb or sth else
a superior colleague

4. (noun) superior
sb who is of a higher rank than you
I will have to ask permission from my superiors.

Definition of 'Superior'

Webster Dictionary

1. (adj) Superior
more elevated in place or position; higher; upper; as, the superior limb of the sun; the superior part of an image

2. (adj) Superior
higher in rank or office; more exalted in dignity; as, a superior officer; a superior degree of nobility

3. (adj) Superior
higher or greater in excellence; surpassing others in the greatness, or value of any quality; greater in quality or degree; as, a man of superior merit; or of superior bravery

4. (adj) Superior
beyond the power or influence of; too great or firm to be subdued or affected by; -- with to

5. (adj) Superior
more comprehensive; as a term in classification; as, a genus is superior to a species

6. (adj) Superior
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

7. (adj) Superior
belonging to the part of an axillary flower which is toward the main stem; posterior

8. (adj) Superior
pointing toward the apex of the fruit; ascending; -- said of the radicle

9. (noun) Superior
one who is above, or surpasses, another in rank, station, office, age, ability, or merit; one who surpasses in what is desirable; as, Addison has no superior as a writer of pure English

10. (noun) Superior
the head of a monastery, convent, abbey, or the like

Translation of 'Superior'

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary

Sense: (often withto) higher in rank, better, or greater, than Is a captain superior to a commander in the navy?; With his superior strength he managed to overwhelm his opponent.
Afrikaans: superieur	Arabic: أعْلى مَرْتَبَةً	Bulgarian: по-висш
Brazilian: superior	Czech: vyšší; větší	German: höher
Danish: overordnet; overlegen	Greek: ανώτερος	Spanish: superior
Estonian: ülem, parem	Farsi: ممتاز	Finnish: parempi
French: supérieur (à)	Hebrew: בָּכִיר	Hindi: उच्च, प्रवर, वरिष्ट
Croatian: bolji, superioran	Hungarian: felettes; nagyobb	Indonesian: lebih tinggi
Icelandic: hærra settur	Italian: superiore	Japanese: より上の
Korean: (직위가) 위의	Lithuanian: aukštesnis, viršesnis	Latvian: augstāks; pārāks
Malay: lebih tinggi	Dutch: superieur	Norwegian: overordnet; overlegen
Polish: wyższy, starszy (rangą),	Persian: ممتاز	Pashto: غوره، ممتاز
Portuguese: superior	Romanian: superior	Russian: старший; превосходящий
Slovak: vyšší, väčší	Slovenian: višji, močnejši	Serbian: pretpostavljeni
Swedish: högre, överlägsen	Thai: สูงกว่า; ดีกว่า; เยี่ยมกว	Turkish: üst, âmir
Taiwanese: 高於...，勝過..，上級的	Ukrainian: вищий, старший	Urdu: برتر
Vietnamese: cao hơn về cấp bâc, địa v	Chinese: 高于...，胜过..，上级的
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