Definition of Superior

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Superior

More elevated in place or position; higher; upper; as, the superior limb of the sun; the superior part of an image.

Higher in rank or office; more exalted in dignity; as, a superior officer; a superior degree of nobility.

Higher or greater in excellence; surpassing others in the greatness, or value of any quality; greater in quality or degree; as, a man of superior merit; or of superior bravery.

Beyond the power or influence of; too great or firm to be subdued or affected by; -- with to.

More comprehensive; as a term in classification; as, a genus is superior to a species.

Above the ovary; -- said of parts of the flower which, although normally below the ovary, adhere to it, and so appear to originate from its upper part; also of an ovary when the other floral organs are plainly below it in position, and free from it.

Belonging to the part of an axillary flower which is toward the main stem; posterior.

Pointing toward the apex of the fruit; ascending; -- said of the radicle.

One who is above, or surpasses, another in rank, station, office, age, ability, or merit; one who surpasses in what is desirable; as, Addison has no superior as a writer of pure English.

The head of a monastery, convent, abbey, or the like.

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Superior Quotations

My religion consists of a humble admiration of the illimitable superior spirit who reveals himself in the slight details we are able to perceive with our frail and feeble mind.
Albert Einstein

That deep emotional conviction of the presence of a superior reasoning power, which is revealed in the incomprehensible universe, forms my idea of God.
Albert Einstein

Labor is prior to, and independent of, capital. Capital is only the fruit of labor, and could never have existed if labor had not first existed. Labor is the superior of capital, and deserves much the higher consideration.
Abraham Lincoln

Discourage litigation. Persuade your neighbors to compromise whenever you can. As a peacemaker the lawyer has superior opportunity of being a good man. There will still be business enough.
Abraham Lincoln

Measures must always in a progressive society be held superior to men, who are after all imperfect instruments, working for their fulfilment.
Mohandas Gandhi

A superior man is modest in his speech, but exceeds in his actions.
Confucius

The superior man understands what is right; the inferior man understands what will sell.
Confucius

The object of the superior man is truth.
Confucius

The superior man is distressed by the limitations of his ability; he is not distressed by the fact that men do not recognize the ability that he has.
Confucius

The superior man acts before he speaks, and afterwards speaks according to his action.
Confucius

Superior Translations

superior in Danish is chef
superior in Dutch is opperste, prevalent, superieur
superior in French is meilleur
superior in Latin is supernus
superior in Spanish is magistrado, superior

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