superior: signification et définitions

Higher than another in rank, station, or authority: a superior officer.

Of a higher nature or kind.

Of great value or excellence; extraordinary.

Greater in number or amount than another: an army defeated by superior numbers of enemy troops.

Affecting an attitude of disdain or conceit; haughty and supercilious.

Above being affected or influenced; indifferent or immune: "Trust magnates were superior to law” ( Gustavus Myers).

Located higher than another; upper.

Botany Inserted or situated above the perianth. Used of an ovary.

Printing Set above the main line of type.

Logic Of wider or more comprehensive application; generic. Used of a term or proposition.

One that surpasses another in rank or quality.

Ecclesiastical The head of a religious community, such as a monastery, abbey, or convent.

Printing A superior character, as the number 2 in x2.