supreme
highest in rank or authority; paramount; sovereign; chief.
of the highest quality, degree, character, importance, etc.: supreme courage.
greatest, utmost, or extreme: supreme disgust.
last or final; ultimate.
Origin of supreme
1Other words from supreme
- su·preme·ly, adverb
- su·preme·ness, noun
Words Nearby supreme
Other definitions for suprême (2 of 2)
Also called sauce suprême. a velouté made with a rich chicken stock.
Also called suprême de volaille. a dish prepared or served with this sauce, especially boned chicken breast.
Also su·preme [suh-preem, -preym, soo-] /səˈprim, -ˈpreɪm, sʊ-/ .
a bowl or the like designed for the serving of cold foods in an inner container that is nestled in cracked ice.
a dessert or appetizer served in such a container.
Origin of suprême
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How to use supreme in a sentence
Putin presides over their situation as a supreme arbiter, to whom they can appeal.
Alexei Navalny's Chief of Staff Predicts He Will Be Released 'Sooner Than Many Are Expecting' | Madeline Roache | February 12, 2021 | TimeIRGC-affiliated candidates are well placed to take the presidency in June and whoever succeeds ageing Ayatollah Khamenei as supreme leader will need the IRGC more than ever to maintain power.
Iran's Revolutionary Guard Is Radicalizing Young Men Across the Middle East. The U.S. Needs a Counterinsurgency Strategy | Kasra Aarabi | February 11, 2021 | TimeHowever, that group of players contains supreme defenders and fast runners.
How Serena Williams Could Finally Break The Grand Slam Record | Amy Lundy | February 10, 2021 | FiveThirtyEightMaximize shareholders wealth’ is a simple theoretical way of looking at a business, but it’s not supported by the reality of many great companies…For them, profit is simply a strategic necessity rather than the supreme end point.
How the business world has changed in the last few decades | Alan Murray | December 7, 2020 | FortuneA new type of quantum computer has proven that it can reign supreme, too.
The new light-based quantum computer Jiuzhang has achieved quantum supremacy | Emily Conover | December 3, 2020 | Science News
Higher courts, including the supreme Court had refused to intercede, and the stay was to expire tonight.
The Back Alley, Low Blow-Ridden Fight to Stop Gay Marriage in Florida Is Finally Over | Jay Michaelson | January 5, 2015 | THE DAILY BEASTThe supreme Court eventually stepped in and ended legal segregation in the landmark 1954 decision, Brown v. Board of Education.
The ‘No Child’ Rewrite Threatens Your Kids’ Future | Jonah Edelman | January 3, 2015 | THE DAILY BEASTI was convicted a year later and sentenced to death—a charge later overturned by the supreme Court when it called for a retrial.
An American Marine in Iran’s Prisons Goes on Hunger Strike | IranWire | December 18, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTLogistics wins the day, and the supreme Deity is, at this juncture, nowhere to be seen.
The supreme Court justices who decided the Integrity case make $244,440 a year (Chief Justice Roberts makes $255,500).
Like every other Spanish general in supreme command abroad, Polavieja had his enemies in Spain.
The Philippine Islands | John ForemanTo know, to love, and to be loved by such a man as Burne-Jones was a supreme blessing in his life.
Kipling Stories and Poems Every Child Should Know, Book II | Rudyard KiplingMake a personal appeal to your men and Godley's to make a supreme effort to hold their ground.
Gallipoli Diary, Volume I | Ian HamiltonAlone the supreme Self in him looked calmly on, seeming to lessen the part that trembled and knew fear.
The Wave | Algernon BlackwoodHe loses sight of the supreme fact that after all, in its own poor, clumsy fashion, the machine does work.
The Unsolved Riddle of Social Justice | Stephen Leacock
British Dictionary definitions for supreme (1 of 2)
/ (sʊˈpriːm, sjʊ-) /
of highest status or power: a supreme tribunal
(usually prenominal) of highest quality, importance, etc: supreme endeavour
greatest in degree; extreme: supreme folly
(prenominal) final or last, esp being last in one's life or progress; ultimate: the supreme judgment
Origin of supreme
1Derived forms of supreme
- supremely, adverb
- supremeness, noun
British Dictionary definitions for suprême (2 of 2)
/ (sʊˈpriːm, -ˈprɛm, sjʊ-) /
Also called: suprême sauce a rich velouté sauce made with a base of veal or chicken stock, with cream or egg yolks added
the best or most delicate part of meat, esp the breast and wing of chicken, cooked in suprême sauce
Origin of suprême
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