"superior" meaning in English

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Adjective

IPA: /suːˈpɪə.ɹi.ə/ [Received-Pronunciation], /sʊˈpɪɹ.i.ɚ/ [General-American], /sə-/ [General-American], /sʉːˈpɪə.ɹiː.ə/ [New-Zealand], /sə-/ [New-Zealand] Audio: en-us-superior.ogg [US]
Rhymes: -ɪəɹiə(ɹ) Etymology: Middle English, borrowed from Old French superiour, from Latin superior (“higher, upper”). Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|-}} Middle English, {{der|en|fro|superiour}} Old French superiour, {{der|en|la|superior||higher, upper|nocat=1}} Latin superior (“higher, upper”) Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} superior (not comparable)
  1. Higher in rank, status, or quality.
    Of high standard or quality.
    Tags: not-comparable
    Sense id: en-superior-en-adj-QMLAPr7h
  2. Higher in rank, status, or quality.
    Greater in size or power.
    Tags: not-comparable
    Sense id: en-superior-en-adj-ufSkjlAm
  3. Higher in rank, status, or quality.
    (superior to) Beyond the power or influence of; too great or firm to be subdued or affected by.
    Tags: not-comparable
    Sense id: en-superior-en-adj-f66E2CaW
  4. Higher in rank, status, or quality.
    Greater or better than average.
    Tags: not-comparable Synonyms: extraordinary Translations (extraordinary): превъзхождащ (prevǎzhoždašt) (Bulgarian), superior (Catalan), udmærket (Danish), førsteklasses (Danish), erinomainen (Finnish), nhaku (Kabuverdianu), ypatingasis (Lithuanian), превосхо́дный (prevosxódnyj) (Russian), utmärkt (Swedish), förstklassig (Swedish), найлі́пший (najlípšyj) (Ukrainian)
    Sense id: en-superior-en-adj-sAq8jXVZ Disambiguation of 'extraordinary': 2 1 1 82 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 1 1 1 1
  5. Higher in rank, status, or quality. Tags: not-comparable
    Sense id: en-superior-en-adj-pgKl1pJ0
  6. Courageously or serenely indifferent (as to something painful or disheartening). Tags: not-comparable
    Sense id: en-superior-en-adj-8gInw7cc
  7. (typography) Printed in superscript. Tags: not-comparable Categories (topical): Typography
    Sense id: en-superior-en-adj-6C8oz~ov Topics: media, publishing, typography
  8. Located above or out; higher in position.
    (anatomy, medicine) Located above or higher, a direction that in humans corresponds to cephalad.
    Tags: not-comparable Categories (topical): Anatomy, Medicine
    Sense id: en-superior-en-adj-en:anatomy Topics: anatomy, medicine, sciences
  9. Located above or out; higher in position.
    (botany) (of a calyx) Above the ovary; said of parts of the flower which, although normally below the ovary, adhere to it, and so appear to originate from its upper part.
    Tags: not-comparable Categories (topical): Botany
    Sense id: en-superior-en-adj-Vgzr5GuN Topics: biology, botany, natural-sciences
  10. Located above or out; higher in position.
    (botany) (of an ovary) Above and free from the other floral organs.
    Tags: not-comparable Categories (topical): Botany
    Sense id: en-superior-en-adj-LQ3YLGd~ Topics: biology, botany, natural-sciences
  11. Located above or out; higher in position.
    (botany) Belonging to the part of an axillary flower which is toward the main stem.
    Tags: not-comparable Categories (topical): Botany Synonyms: posterior
    Sense id: en-superior-en-adj-qDGZ8cUV Topics: biology, botany, natural-sciences
  12. Located above or out; higher in position.
    (botany) (of the radicle) Pointing toward the apex of the fruit.
    Tags: not-comparable Categories (topical): Botany Synonyms: ascending
    Sense id: en-superior-en-adj-Ci7UCc6j Topics: biology, botany, natural-sciences
  13. Located above or out; higher in position. Tags: not-comparable
    Sense id: en-superior-en-adj-1b6NFAu0
  14. (taxonomy) More comprehensive. Tags: not-comparable Categories (topical): Taxonomy
    Sense id: en-superior-en-adj-Sg4pFk1a Topics: biology, natural-sciences, taxonomy
  15. Affecting or assuming an air of superiority. Tags: not-comparable Synonyms: supercilious
    Sense id: en-superior-en-adj-wA-dou1t
  16. (astronomy, of a planet in the Solar System) Having a wider orbit around the Sun; typically with respect to the Earth. Tags: not-comparable Categories (topical): Astronomy
    Sense id: en-superior-en-adj-Mfqcgx83 Topics: astronomy, natural-sciences
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Hypernyms: unequal Related terms: auricularis superior, Homo superior, levator labii superioris, levator labii superioris alaeque nasi, levator palpebrae superioris, respondeat superior Translations (higher in rank or quality): i epërm (Albanian), e epërme [feminine] (Albanian), أَجْدَر (ʔajdar) (Arabic), مُتَفَوِّق (mutafawwiq) (Arabic), üstün (Azerbaijani), старши (starši) (Bulgarian), висш (visš) (Bulgarian), superior (Catalan), 優越 (Chinese Mandarin), 优越 (yōuyuè) (Chinese Mandarin), vyšší (Czech), overlegen (Danish), superieur (Dutch), supera (Esperanto), ylempi (english: rank) (Finnish), parempi (english: quality) (Finnish), supérieur (French), superior (Galician), უმაღლესი (umaɣlesi) (Georgian), überlegen (German), höher (German), höherstehend (German), übergeordnet (German), 𐌰𐌿𐌷𐌿𐌼𐌰 (auhuma) (Gothic), ανώτερος (anóteros) [masculine] (Greek), עִלַּאי (iláy) [masculine] (Hebrew), kiváló (Hungarian), ardchéimiúil (Irish), superiore (Italian), sovraordinato (Italian), 偉い (erai) (Japanese), 貴い (tōtoi) (Japanese), 上級の (jōkyū no) (Japanese), 高貴な (kōki na) (Japanese), 우수한 (usuhan) (Korean), aukštesnio laipsnio, vyresnysis (Lithuanian), overlegen (Norwegian Bokmål), overlegen (Norwegian Nynorsk), superior (Occitan), اوست (üst) (Ottoman Turkish), یوقاری (yukarı) (Ottoman Turkish), superior (Portuguese), superior (Romanian), mai bun (Romanian), вышестоя́щий (vyšestojáščij) (Russian), вы́сший (výsšij) (Russian), ста́рший (stáršij) (Russian), sili (Samoan), उत्तर (uttara) (Sanskrit), श्रेयस् (śreyas) (Sanskrit), superior (Spanish), överlägsen (Swedish), üstün (Turkish), ви́щий (výščyj) (Ukrainian), ста́рший (stáršyj) (Ukrainian), ئۈستۈن (üstün) (Uyghur) Translations (located above): يعلو (Arabic), վերին (verin) (Armenian), разположен над (razpoložen nad) (Bulgarian), superior (Catalan), yläpuolinen (Finnish), supérieur (French), superiore (Italian), viršutinis (Lithuanian), اوست (üst) (Ottoman Turkish), یوقاری (yukarı) (Ottoman Turkish), superior (Portuguese), superior (Romanian), mai sus (Romanian), вы́сший (výsšij) (Russian), ве́рхний (vérxnij) (Russian), उत्तर (uttara) (Sanskrit), superior (Spanish), ви́щий (výščyj) (Ukrainian)
Synonyms: superiour [UK, obsolete], crowning, foremost, greater, higher, major, paramount [obsolete], preeminent, superior, supreme, utmost, vaulting Derived forms: anterior superior iliac spine, anterosuperior, father superior, highly superior autobiographical memory, Lake Superior, laterosuperior, limit superior, mediosuperior, mother superior, Mother Superior, nonsuperior, posterior superior alveolar artery, posterosuperior, superior alveolar nerve, superior auricular muscle, superior autobiographical memory, superior carotid triangle, superior cerebellar artery, superior cervical ganglion, superior colliculus, superior court, superioress, superior good, superior highly composite number, superiority, superiorization, superior landlord, superior laryngeal artery, superior laryngeal nerve, superior lease, superior letter, superiorly, superior mesenteric artery, superior mesenteric artery syndrome, superiormost, superior nasal concha, superiorness, superior oblique, superior oblique muscle, superior olivary complex, superior orbital fissure, superior petrosal sinus, superior pharyngeal constrictor, superior planet, superior rectus, superior sagittal sinus, superiorship, superior tarsal, superior tarsal muscle, superior tenant, superior thyroid artery, superior vena cava, supero-, temporosuperior Coordinate_terms: noninferior, anterior [adjective] [location, dentistry, medicine, sciences], apical, apicocoronal, axial, buccal, buccoapical, buccocervical, buccogingival, buccolabial, buccolingual, bucco-occlusal, buccopalatal, cervical, coronal, coronoapical, distal, distoapical, distobuccal, distocervical, distocoronal, distofacial, distogingival, distoincisal, distolingual, disto-occlusal, distoclusal, distocclusal, distopalatal, facial, gingival, incisal, incisocervical, inferior, labial, lingual, linguobuccal, linguo-occlusal, mandibular, maxillary, mesial, mesioapical, mesiobuccal, mesiocervical, mesiocoronal, mesiodistal, mesiofacial, mesioincisal, mesiogingival, mesiolingual, mesio-occlusal, mesioclusal, mesiocclusal, mesiopalatal, occlusal, palatal, posterior, proximal, vestibular [edit] Disambiguation of 'higher in rank or quality': 16 16 16 16 16 1 1 3 2 2 2 3 2 1 0 1 Disambiguation of 'located above': 2 2 2 2 2 2 1 13 14 14 14 14 13 2 1 3

Noun

IPA: /suːˈpɪə.ɹi.ə/ [Received-Pronunciation], /sʊˈpɪɹ.i.ɚ/ [General-American], /sə-/ [General-American], /sʉːˈpɪə.ɹiː.ə/ [New-Zealand], /sə-/ [New-Zealand] Audio: en-us-superior.ogg [US] Forms: superiors [plural]
Rhymes: -ɪəɹiə(ɹ) Etymology: Middle English, borrowed from Old French superiour, from Latin superior (“higher, upper”). Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|-}} Middle English, {{der|en|fro|superiour}} Old French superiour, {{der|en|la|superior||higher, upper|nocat=1}} Latin superior (“higher, upper”) Head templates: {{en-noun}} superior (plural superiors)
  1. A person of higher rank or quality, especially a colleague in a higher position.
    The senior person in a monastic community.
    Synonyms: overling
    Sense id: en-superior-en-noun-IvY2hJu2
  2. A person of higher rank or quality, especially a colleague in a higher position.
    The head of certain religious institutions and colleges.
    Synonyms: overling
    Sense id: en-superior-en-noun-37zh~pbD
  3. (printing) A superior letter, figure, or symbol. Categories (topical): Printing Synonyms: superscript
    Sense id: en-superior-en-noun-k1U1Q98v Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 2 2 2 2 2 5 1 5 5 5 5 6 5 4 4 9 3 5 17 8 Topics: media, printing, publishing
  4. (Scots law, historical) One who has made an original grant of heritable property to a tenant or vassal, on condition of a certain annual payment (feu duty) or of the performance of certain services. Tags: historical Categories (topical): Scots law
    Sense id: en-superior-en-noun-VJ0xK2JO
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: superiour [UK, obsolete] Translations (person of higher rank): вишестоящ (višestojašt) (Bulgarian), superior [feminine, masculine] (Catalan), 上司 (shàngsī) (Chinese Mandarin), 上級 (Chinese Mandarin), 上级 (shàngjí) (Chinese Mandarin), foresat (Danish), overordnet [common-gender] (Danish), meerdere [feminine, masculine] (Dutch), supérieur [feminine, masculine] (French), Vorgesetzter [masculine] (German), Vorgesetzte [feminine] (German), 𐍆𐌰𐌿𐍂𐍃𐍄𐌰𐍃𐍃𐌴𐌹𐍃 (faurstasseis) [masculine] (Gothic), 貴人 (atebito) (Japanese), 目上 (meue) (Japanese), zwierzchnik [masculine] (Polish), przełożony [masculine] (Polish), superior [feminine, masculine] (Portuguese), superior [masculine] (Romanian), superioară [feminine] (Romanian), superior [feminine, masculine] (Spanish)
Disambiguation of 'person of higher rank': 46 46 2 6

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      "word": "üstün"
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      "sense": "higher in rank or quality",
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      "code": "ca",
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      "sense": "higher in rank or quality",
      "word": "superior"
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      "sense": "higher in rank or quality",
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      "sense": "higher in rank or quality",
      "word": "vyšší"
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      "word": "supérieur"
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    {
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      "sense": "higher in rank or quality",
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      "word": "ardchéimiúil"
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      "code": "it",
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      "word": "superiore"
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      "code": "it",
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      "sense": "higher in rank or quality",
      "word": "sovraordinato"
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      "code": "ja",
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      "sense": "higher in rank or quality",
      "word": "偉い"
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      "code": "ja",
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      "roman": "tōtoi",
      "sense": "higher in rank or quality",
      "word": "貴い"
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      "code": "ja",
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      "roman": "kōki na",
      "sense": "higher in rank or quality",
      "word": "高貴な"
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      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "usuhan",
      "sense": "higher in rank or quality",
      "word": "우수한"
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    {
      "_dis1": "16 16 16 16 16 1 1 3 2 2 2 3 2 1 0 1",
      "code": "lt",
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      "sense": "higher in rank or quality",
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      "word": "overlegen"
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      "word": "superior"
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      "word": "اوست"
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      "code": "ota",
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      "roman": "yukarı",
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      "word": "یوقاری"
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      "code": "pt",
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      "sense": "higher in rank or quality",
      "word": "superior"
    },
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      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "higher in rank or quality",
      "word": "superior"
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    {
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      "sense": "higher in rank or quality",
      "word": "mai bun"
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      "roman": "vyšestojáščij",
      "sense": "higher in rank or quality",
      "word": "вышестоя́щий"
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      "word": "أَجْدَر"
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      "word": "مُتَفَوِّق"
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      "lang": "Azerbaijani",
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      "word": "üstün"
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      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "starši",
      "sense": "higher in rank or quality",
      "word": "старши"
    },
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      "lang": "Bulgarian",
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      "word": "висш"
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      "word": "superior"
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      "sense": "higher in rank or quality",
      "word": "優越"
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    {
      "code": "cmn",
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      "roman": "yōuyuè",
      "sense": "higher in rank or quality",
      "word": "优越"
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    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "higher in rank or quality",
      "word": "vyšší"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "higher in rank or quality",
      "word": "overlegen"
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    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "higher in rank or quality",
      "word": "superieur"
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    {
      "code": "eo",
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      "sense": "higher in rank or quality",
      "word": "supera"
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    {
      "code": "fi",
      "english": "rank",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "higher in rank or quality",
      "word": "ylempi"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "english": "quality",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "higher in rank or quality",
      "word": "parempi"
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    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "higher in rank or quality",
      "word": "supérieur"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "higher in rank or quality",
      "word": "superior"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "umaɣlesi",
      "sense": "higher in rank or quality",
      "word": "უმაღლესი"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
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      "sense": "higher in rank or quality",
      "word": "überlegen"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "higher in rank or quality",
      "word": "höher"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "higher in rank or quality",
      "word": "höherstehend"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "higher in rank or quality",
      "word": "übergeordnet"
    },
    {
      "code": "got",
      "lang": "Gothic",
      "roman": "auhuma",
      "sense": "higher in rank or quality",
      "word": "𐌰𐌿𐌷𐌿𐌼𐌰"
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    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "anóteros",
      "sense": "higher in rank or quality",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ανώτερος"
    },
    {
      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "roman": "iláy",
      "sense": "higher in rank or quality",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "עִלַּאי"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "higher in rank or quality",
      "word": "kiváló"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "higher in rank or quality",
      "word": "ardchéimiúil"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "higher in rank or quality",
      "word": "superiore"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "higher in rank or quality",
      "word": "sovraordinato"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "erai",
      "sense": "higher in rank or quality",
      "word": "偉い"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "tōtoi",
      "sense": "higher in rank or quality",
      "word": "貴い"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "jōkyū no",
      "sense": "higher in rank or quality",
      "word": "上級の"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "kōki na",
      "sense": "higher in rank or quality",
      "word": "高貴な"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "usuhan",
      "sense": "higher in rank or quality",
      "word": "우수한"
    },
    {
      "code": "lt",
      "lang": "Lithuanian",
      "sense": "higher in rank or quality",
      "word": "aukštesnio laipsnio, vyresnysis"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "higher in rank or quality",
      "word": "overlegen"
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    {
      "code": "nn",
      "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
      "sense": "higher in rank or quality",
      "word": "overlegen"
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    {
      "code": "oc",
      "lang": "Occitan",
      "sense": "higher in rank or quality",
      "word": "superior"
    },
    {
      "code": "ota",
      "lang": "Ottoman Turkish",
      "roman": "üst",
      "sense": "higher in rank or quality",
      "word": "اوست"
    },
    {
      "code": "ota",
      "lang": "Ottoman Turkish",
      "roman": "yukarı",
      "sense": "higher in rank or quality",
      "word": "یوقاری"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "higher in rank or quality",
      "word": "superior"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "higher in rank or quality",
      "word": "superior"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "higher in rank or quality",
      "word": "mai bun"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "vyšestojáščij",
      "sense": "higher in rank or quality",
      "word": "вышестоя́щий"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "výsšij",
      "sense": "higher in rank or quality",
      "word": "вы́сший"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "stáršij",
      "sense": "higher in rank or quality",
      "word": "ста́рший"
    },
    {
      "code": "sm",
      "lang": "Samoan",
      "sense": "higher in rank or quality",
      "word": "sili"
    },
    {
      "code": "sa",
      "lang": "Sanskrit",
      "roman": "uttara",
      "sense": "higher in rank or quality",
      "word": "उत्तर"
    },
    {
      "code": "sa",
      "lang": "Sanskrit",
      "roman": "śreyas",
      "sense": "higher in rank or quality",
      "word": "श्रेयस्"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
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      "sense": "higher in rank or quality",
      "word": "superior"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "higher in rank or quality",
      "word": "överlägsen"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "higher in rank or quality",
      "word": "üstün"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "výščyj",
      "sense": "higher in rank or quality",
      "word": "ви́щий"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "stáršyj",
      "sense": "higher in rank or quality",
      "word": "ста́рший"
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    {
      "code": "ug",
      "lang": "Uyghur",
      "roman": "üstün",
      "sense": "higher in rank or quality",
      "word": "ئۈستۈن"
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    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "prevǎzhoždašt",
      "sense": "extraordinary",
      "word": "превъзхождащ"
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      "code": "ca",
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      "word": "superior"
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    {
      "code": "da",
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      "word": "udmærket"
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    {
      "code": "da",
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      "sense": "extraordinary",
      "word": "førsteklasses"
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    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "extraordinary",
      "word": "erinomainen"
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    {
      "code": "kea",
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      "word": "nhaku"
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      "code": "lt",
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      "sense": "extraordinary",
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    {
      "code": "ru",
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      "roman": "prevosxódnyj",
      "sense": "extraordinary",
      "word": "превосхо́дный"
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    {
      "code": "sv",
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      "code": "sv",
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      "sense": "extraordinary",
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    {
      "code": "uk",
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      "roman": "najlípšyj",
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      "word": "найлі́пший"
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    {
      "code": "ar",
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      "word": "يعلو"
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      "code": "hy",
      "lang": "Armenian",
      "roman": "verin",
      "sense": "located above",
      "word": "վերին"
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    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "razpoložen nad",
      "sense": "located above",
      "word": "разположен над"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "located above",
      "word": "superior"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "located above",
      "word": "yläpuolinen"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
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      "sense": "located above",
      "word": "supérieur"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
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      "sense": "located above",
      "word": "superiore"
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    {
      "code": "lt",
      "lang": "Lithuanian",
      "sense": "located above",
      "word": "viršutinis"
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    {
      "code": "ota",
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      "roman": "üst",
      "sense": "located above",
      "word": "اوست"
    },
    {
      "code": "ota",
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      "roman": "yukarı",
      "sense": "located above",
      "word": "یوقاری"
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      "code": "pt",
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      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "located above",
      "word": "superior"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "located above",
      "word": "mai sus"
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    {
      "code": "ru",
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      "roman": "výsšij",
      "sense": "located above",
      "word": "вы́сший"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "vérxnij",
      "sense": "located above",
      "word": "ве́рхний"
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    {
      "code": "sa",
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      "roman": "uttara",
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      "word": "उत्तर"
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      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "located above",
      "word": "superior"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "výščyj",
      "sense": "located above",
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      "glosses": [
        "One who has made an original grant of heritable property to a tenant or vassal, on condition of a certain annual payment (feu duty) or of the performance of certain services."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "tenant",
          "tenant"
        ],
        [
          "vassal",
          "vassal"
        ],
        [
          "feu",
          "feu"
        ],
        [
          "duty",
          "duty"
        ]
      ],
      "qualifier": "Scots law",
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(Scots law, historical) One who has made an original grant of heritable property to a tenant or vassal, on condition of a certain annual payment (feu duty) or of the performance of certain services."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "historical"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "ipa": "/suːˈpɪə.ɹi.ə/",
      "tags": [
        "Received-Pronunciation"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/sʊˈpɪɹ.i.ɚ/",
      "tags": [
        "General-American"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/sə-/",
      "tags": [
        "General-American"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/sʉːˈpɪə.ɹiː.ə/",
      "tags": [
        "New-Zealand"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/sə-/",
      "tags": [
        "New-Zealand"
      ]
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ɪəɹiə(ɹ)"
    },
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      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/b/b4/En-us-superior.ogg/En-us-superior.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/b4/En-us-superior.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (US)"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "UK",
        "obsolete"
      ],
      "word": "superiour"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "višestojašt",
      "sense": "person of higher rank",
      "word": "вишестоящ"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "person of higher rank",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "superior"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "shàngsī",
      "sense": "person of higher rank",
      "word": "上司"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "person of higher rank",
      "word": "上級"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "shàngjí",
      "sense": "person of higher rank",
      "word": "上级"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "person of higher rank",
      "word": "foresat"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "person of higher rank",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "overordnet"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "person of higher rank",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "meerdere"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "person of higher rank",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "supérieur"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "person of higher rank",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Vorgesetzter"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "person of higher rank",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Vorgesetzte"
    },
    {
      "code": "got",
      "lang": "Gothic",
      "roman": "faurstasseis",
      "sense": "person of higher rank",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "𐍆𐌰𐌿𐍂𐍃𐍄𐌰𐍃𐍃𐌴𐌹𐍃"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "atebito",
      "sense": "person of higher rank",
      "word": "貴人"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "meue",
      "sense": "person of higher rank",
      "word": "目上"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "person of higher rank",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "zwierzchnik"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "person of higher rank",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "przełożony"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "person of higher rank",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "superior"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "person of higher rank",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "superior"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "person of higher rank",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "superioară"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "person of higher rank",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "superior"
    }
  ],
  "word": "superior"
}
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  "msg": "''Higher in rank, status, or qua'[...]' gloss has examples we want to keep, but there are subglosses.",
  "path": [
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  ],
  "section": "English",
  "subsection": "adjective",
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  "trace": ""
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  "called_from": "page/1498/20230118",
  "msg": "''Located above or out; higher i'[...]' gloss has examples we want to keep, but there are subglosses.",
  "path": [
    "superior"
  ],
  "section": "English",
  "subsection": "adjective",
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