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UK [sʊˈpriːm] / US [sʊˈprɪm] adjective
1)
a) most important, or most powerful

NATO's supreme commander in Kosovo

b) used in the titles of government, legal, or military institutions that have the highest level of power

the Supreme Court

a meeting of the Supreme Council of State

2) [only before noun] very great

With a supreme effort of will, Isabel swallowed the medicine.

Television exposure is of supreme importance in American politics.

supreme confidence/arrogance

He's a supreme example of the English eccentric.


English dictionary. 2014.

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