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Word entry · 8 letters

superior

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"Largest Great Lake"

8 letters · collected on this word page

8 lettersPronunciation /suːˈpɪə.ɹi.ə/Part of speech adjective, nounSorted eioprrsuStarts with SEnds with R1 cluesVery common crossword word
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Definitions

  1. (often followed by ‘to’) above being affected or influenced by

Word origin

From Middle English, borrowed from Old French superiour, from Latin superior (“higher, upper”).

Used in a sentence

  • Rebecca had always thought shorts were far superior to pants, as they didn't constantly make her legs itch.
  • Additionally, reliability proved to be superior to NBL's design, with an average of 120,000 miles run during 1959.
  • She always treated (her husband) as a boy, which he was, and as a fool, which he was not, thinking herself so immeasurably superior to him that she neglected opportunity after opportunity of establishing her rule.

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