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# supreme

«supreme» in Mova's school dictionary: **Highest in rank or power** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 3 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

adjective; noun (in «reign supreme»)

### meaning for a pupil

1) Highest in rank or power. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/supreme/#m1)

2) Greatest, best or most important; very great. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/supreme/#m2)

3) (in «reign supreme») To be the best or the most powerful, with no rival. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/supreme/#m3)

### sense in the lessons

In civics and history: «the Supreme Court» is the highest court in the USA, Canada, the UK, Australia (High Court), Ireland and elsewhere; a «supreme leader» rules with total power. In sport: «supreme champion». In stories it shows the greatest effort or power. Phrases: «Supreme Court», «supreme effort», «reign supreme», «supreme commander».

### examples

- The Supreme Court is the highest court in the land. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/supreme/#x1)
- The general was supreme commander of the army. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/supreme/#x2)
- She made a supreme effort to finish the race. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/supreme/#x3)
- Our team reigned supreme in the football league. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/supreme/#x4)
- The dog won the title of supreme champion at the show. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/supreme/#x5)
- Kindness is of supreme importance in our school. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/supreme/#x6)
- The emperor had supreme power. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/supreme/#x7)
- In that supreme moment Hook did not blanch, even at the gills, but Smee and Starkey clung to each other in terror. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/supreme/#x8)

### note

Adverb: «supremely» (extremely). Noun: «supremacy». It is pronounced «soo-PREEM». «Supreme» is stronger than «great»; it means the very top. In cooking, «chicken supreme» is a type of dish.

### In the corpora

- [The Constitution is a country's top set of rules; the US Supreme Court decides whether laws and government actions fit it.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/politics/7-the-king-the-courts-and-the-rules-above-the-rules/10/)
- [The Church of England is led by bishops, with the Archbishop of Canterbury as senior bishop and the King as Supreme Governor.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/religion-ethics/28-churches-of-the-english-speaking-world-i/14/)
- [Many Hindus believe the many gods are forms of one supreme reality, Brahman.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/religion-ethics/32-hinduism-and-sikhism/6/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «supreme» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/supreme/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.