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{
"term": "supreme",
"partOfSpeech": "adjective",
"ox5000": true,
"cefr": "c1",
"definitions": [
{
"senseNumber": 1,
"definition": "highest in rank or position",
"cefr": "c1",
"examples": [
{
"text": "the Supreme Commander of the armed forces"
},
{
"text": "the supreme champion"
},
{
"text": "It is an event in which she **reigns supreme**."
}
]
},
{
"senseNumber": 2,
"definition": "very great or the greatest in degree",
"cefr": "c1",
"examples": [
{
"text": "to make the **supreme sacrifice** *(= die for what you believe in)*"
},
{
"text": "a supreme effort"
},
{
"text": "She smiled with supreme confidence."
}
]
}
],
"pronunciations": {
"uk": [
{
"pronunciation": "/suˈpriːm/",
"audio": "su/supreme/supreme__gb_1.mp3"
}
],
"us": [
{
"pronunciation": "/suˈpriːm/",
"audio": "su/supreme/supreme__us_2.mp3"
}
]
},
"wordOrigin": "late 15th cent. (in the sense ‘highest’): from Latin supremus, superlative of superus ‘that is above’, from super ‘above’."
}