supreme
pronunciation
How to pronounce supreme in British English:
UK [suːˈpriːm]
How to pronounce supreme in American English:
US [suːˈpriːm]
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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 ?