supreme

comparative supremer · comparative more supreme · superlative supremest · superlative most supreme · alternative suprême

1. Dominant, having power over all others.

   The US supreme court has ruled unanimously that natural human genes cannot be patented, a decision that scientists and civil rights campaigners said removed a major barrier to patient care and medical innovation.

   2013 June 21, Karen McVeigh, “US rules human genes can't be patented”, in The Guardian Weekly, volume 189, number 2, page 10

   Synonyms: predominant, preponderant, regnant

2. postpositionalsometimesGreatest, or the most excellent, extreme, superior, highest, or utmost.

   supreme disgust

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   supreme courage

   But they will come away with an enhanced understanding of, and even sympathy for, the man who, according to at least one of his associates, was the “supreme gangster in the U.S., the top man … the big boss.”

   2021 February 9, Jenna Weissman Joselit, “Was Bugsy Siegel the ‘Supreme Gangster’? A Biography Makes the Case”, in The New York Times, →ISSN

3. biologySituated at the highest part or point.

present singular third person supremes · participle present supreming · participle past supremed · past supremed · alternative suprême

1. transitivecookingTo divide a citrus fruit into its segments, removing the skin, pith, membranes, and seeds.

plural supremes · alternative suprême

1. The highest point.
2. cookingA pizza having a large number of the most common toppings, such as pepperoni, bell peppers, onions, mushrooms, olives, etc.

   Faced with a choice between the Supreme, the Hawaiian [...], the Capricciosa or the Meat Lovers', the bogan will invariably gravitate to the meal most likely to induce a fatal disease.

   2010, Michael Jayfox, E. Chas McSween, Intravenus DeMilo, Enron Hubbard, Hunter McKenzie-Smythe, Flash Johnson, Things Bogans Like, Sydney: Hachette, page 117

3. cookingA breast of chicken or duck with the wing bone attached.
4. cookingAnything from which all skin, bones, and other parts which are not eaten have been removed, such as a skinless fish fillet.

1. abbreviationellipsisEllipsis of Supreme Being.