Definitions for supreme

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supreme su·preme

Spelling: [suh-preem, soo-]

IPA: /səˈprim, sʊ-/

Supreme is a 7 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 11 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 14 points.

You can make 171 anagrams from letters in supreme (eemprsu).

Definitions for supreme

noun

1. suprême (def 3).
2. Also called sauce suprême. a velouté made with a rich chicken stock.
3. Also called suprême de volaille. a dish prepared or served with this sauce, especially boned chicken breast.
4. Also, supreme. a bowl or the like designed for the serving of cold foods in an inner container that is nestled in cracked ice. a dessert or appetizer served in such a container.

adjective

1. highest in rank or authority; paramount; sovereign; chief.
2. of the highest quality, degree, character, importance, etc.:
3. greatest, utmost, or extreme:
4. last or final; ultimate.

Origin of supreme

1510-20; Latin suprēmus, superlative of superus upper, adj. derivative of super (see super-)

Examples for supreme

The supreme Court eventually stepped in and ended legal segregation in the landmark 1954 decision, Brown v. Board of Education.

The supreme Court justices who decided the Integrity case make $244,440 a year (Chief Justice Roberts makes $255,500).

The ability to love cleanly and absolutely is the supreme virtue.

While this great man lives, he ought to be supreme in the affairs of his country.

Higher courts, including the supreme Court had refused to intercede, and the stay was to expire tonight.

Logistics wins the day, and the supreme Deity is, at this juncture, nowhere to be seen.

Our supreme task is the resumption of our onward, normal way.

I was convicted a year later and sentenced to death—a charge later overturned by the supreme Court when it called for a retrial.

This hope—this supreme aspiration—must rule the way we live.

She spoke softly, but with an intensity of supreme feeling in her voice.