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su·pe·ri·or / səˈpi(ə)rēər/ • adj. 1. higher in rank, status, or quality: a superior officer it is superior to every other car on the road. ∎  of high standard or quality: superior malt whiskeys. ∎  greater in size or power: deploying superior force. ∎  (superior to) above yielding to or being influenced by: I felt superior to any accusation of anti-Semitism. ∎  having or showing an overly high opinion of oneself; supercilious: that girl was frightfully superior. 2. chiefly Anat. further above or out; higher in position. ∎  (of a letter, figure, or symbol) written or printed above the line. ∎  Astron. (of a planet) having an orbit further from the sun than the earth's. ∎  Bot. (of the ovary of a flower) situated above the sepals and petals.• n. 1. a person or thing superior to another in rank, status, or quality, esp. a colleague in a higher position: obeying their superiors' orders. ∎  the head of a monastery or other religious institution. 2. Printing a superior letter, figure, or symbol.DERIVATIVES: su·pe·ri·or·ly adv. (usu. in sense 2 of the adjective ).

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