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.
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 supreme
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.
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
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
First recorded in 1510–20; from Latin suprēmus “uppermost,” superlative of superus “upper,” adjective derivative of super ( see super-)
First recorded in 1830–40; from French, from Latin suprēmus supreme
If you are the greatest, the most powerful, and the highest, you are supreme. The U.S. Supreme Court is the highest court in the land. A supreme being is a god or other higher power. A supreme leader is an all-powerful ruler. Sometimes, when everyone else is driving you crazy, you might daydream about being the supreme leader of your school, office, or maybe the entire country, so you could tell everyone else what to do. Or you might just order a supreme pizza, which usually has every imaginable topping on it.
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“Jordan is not a party to this war. Its people should not have to bear the consequences or pay the price for policies that do not serve the nation’s supreme interests,” the letter said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 28, 2026
Evenepoel is widely considered the third-best rider in the world for overall ability for his supreme time trial skills, but typically he suffers on steep climbs.
From BBC ● Jul. 19, 2026
Barrett described many versions of these reforms as “complex,” “tricky,” and filled with “awkwardness” in determining how to create an office that would respect the court’s rule as both independent and constitutionally supreme.
From Slate ● Jul. 15, 2026
And Iran’s armed forces couldn’t prevent the destruction of most of its conventional military power, as well as of its civilian leadership and supreme leader.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 13, 2026
Though Abigail was with him all the way, for Adams himself it was the supreme collaboration with his own private demons and doubts, his personal declaration of independence.
From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis
He began to whisking up a variation on sauce suprême that would incorporate sherry vinegar and mustard made with grape must.
From New York Times ● Jul. 21, 2020
But it is also threadbare elegant with its hint of sherry, and you could call the gravy a French sauce suprême if you liked.
From New York Times ● Nov. 22, 2017
Robespierre, a few days before his fall, declared atheism to be aristocratic, reinstated l'Être suprême, and gave a festival in his honor.
From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 04, No. 26, December, 1859 by Various
This amounted to a bouleversement suprême of the usual order of things, and it was no wonder that there was disquietude among his hearers.
From White Ashes by Kennedy, Sidney R. (Sidney Robinson)
Take them up, drain well, and stew them in half a pint of sauce suprême, with a dozen small mushrooms, for ten minutes.
From Choice Cookery by Owen, Catherine
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