supreme

pronunciation

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  • Adjective:
    final or last in your life or progress
    greatest in status or authority or power
    highest in excellence or achievement
    greatest or maximal in degree; extreme

Word Origin

supreme
supreme: [16] Supreme comes ultimately from Latin suprā ‘above’ (a close relative of super). From this was formed the adjective suprēmus ‘highest’, which English adopted as supreme. Supremo is a 20th-century borrowing of the Spanish version of the word.=> super
supreme (adj.)
1520s, from Middle French suprême (15c.) and directly from Latin supremus "highest," superlative of superus "situated above," from super "above" (see super-). Supreme Being "God" first attested 1690s; Supreme Court is from 1689.

Example

1. A supreme court decision could come in october .
2. In the capitalistic market economy the consumers are supreme .
3. That supreme self is our true identity , universal and divine .
4. We would then be entirely certain that there is a being of supreme power and goodness .
5. Will the supreme court strike down obamacare ?

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