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Definition: Supreme |
SupremeAdjective1. Final or last in your life or progress; "the supreme sacrifice"; "the supreme judgment". 2. Greatest in status or authority or power; "a supreme tribunal". 3. Highest in excellence or achievement; "supreme among musicians"; "a supreme endeavor"; "supreme courage". 4. Greatest or maximal in degree; extreme; "supreme folly". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "supreme" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1200. (references) |
(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)
Supreme is a town located in Assumption Parish, Louisiana. As of the 2000 census, the town had a total population of 1,119.Geography
Supreme is located at 29°51'36" North, 90°59'7" West (29.859875, -90.985197)1. According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of 9.0 km² (3.5 mi²). 8.8 km² (3.4 mi²) of it is land and 0.1 km² (0.1 mi²) of it is water. The total area is 1.45% water.Demographics
As of the census of 2000, there are 1,119 people, 328 households, and 267 families residing in the town. The population density is 126.7/km² (327.8/mi²). There are 354 housing units at an average density of 40.1/km² (103.7/mi²). The racial makeup of the town is 14.48% White, 84.36% African American, 0.18% Native American, 0.00% Asian, 0.00% Pacific Islander, 0.36% from other races, and 0.63% from two or more races. 1.70% of the population are Hispanic or Latino of any race. There are 328 households out of which 43.3% have children under the age of 18 living with them, 39.6% are married couples living together, 32.0% have a female householder with no husband present, and 18.3% are non-families. 14.3% of all households are made up of individuals and 4.9% have someone living alone who is 65 years of age or older. The average household size is 3.41 and the average family size is 3.79. In the town the population is spread out with 37.2% under the age of 18, 10.0% from 18 to 24, 26.9% from 25 to 44, 20.2% from 45 to 64, and 5.7% who are 65 years of age or older. The median age is 28 years. For every 100 females there are 90.3 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there are 82.6 males. The median income for a household in the town is $16,354, and the median income for a family is $17,396. Males have a median income of $34,688 versus $12,670 for females. The per capita income for the town is $10,912. 52.0% of the population and 51.6% of families are below the poverty line. Out of the total people living in poverty, 56.2% are under the age of 18 and 26.7% are 65 or older.Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Supreme, Louisiana."
| The following table is compiled from various sources, across various languages. When English abbreviations or acronyms come from a non-English source, this is noted. | |||
| Entry | Source | Expression | Field |
| Sup Ct | English | Supreme Court | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |||
Synonym: SupremeSynonym: sovereign (adj). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Authority | Adjective: at the head, dominant, paramount, supreme, predominant, preponderant, in the ascendant, influential; arbitrary; compulsory; : stringent. |
Concealment | Behind the veil; beyond mortal ken, beyond the grave, beyond the veil; hid from mortal vision; into the eternal secret, into the realms supersensible, into the supreme mystery. |
Deity | God, Lord, Jehovah, Jahweh, Allah; The Almighty, The Supreme Being, The First Cause, the Prime Mover; Ens Entium; Author of all things, Creator of all things; Author of our being; Cosmoplast; El; The Infinite, The Eternal; The All-powerful, The All-wise, The All-merciful, The All-holy. |
Good | Noun: good, benefit, advantage; improvement; greatest good, supreme good; interest, service, behoof, behalf; weal; main chance, summum bonum, common weal; "consummation devoutly to be wished"; gain, boot; profit, harvest. |
Government | President, vice president, cabinet member, prime minister, minister; senator, representatative, president pro tem, speaker of the house; department head, section head, section chief; federal judge, justice, justice of the supreme court, chief justice; treasurer, secretary of the treasury; director of the FBI. |
Office of the president, office of the prime minister, cabinet; senate, house of representatives, parliament; council; courts, supreme court; state, interior, labor, health and human services, defense, education, agriculture, justice, commerce, treasury; Federal Bureau of Investigation, FBI; Central Intelligence Agency, CIA; NIH; Postal Service, Post Office; Federal Aviation Administration, FAA. | |
Greatness | Goodly, noble, precious, mighty; sad, grave, heavy, serious; far gone, arrant, downright; utter, uttermost; crass, gross, arch, profound, intense, consummate; rank, uninitiated, red-hot, desperate; glaring, flagrant, stark staring; thorough-paced, thoroughgoing; roaring, thumping; extraordinary.; important; unsurpassed; (supreme); complete. august, grand, dignified, sublime, majestic; (repute). |
Inexpedience | Best, choice, select, picked, elect, recherche, rare, priceless; unparagoned, unparalleled; (supreme); superlatively; good; bully, crackajack, giltedged; superfine, |
Intellect | Soul, spirit, ghost, inner man, heart, breast, bosom, penetralia mentis, divina particula aurae, heart's core; the Absolute, psyche, subliminal consciousness, supreme principle. |
Perfection | Verb: be perfect; Adjective: transcend; (be supreme). |
Best; (good); model, standard; inimitable, unparagoned, unparalleled; (supreme); superhuman, divine; beyond all praise; (approbation); sans peur et sans reproche. | |
Summit | Adjective: highest; (high; ); top; top most, upper most; tiptop; culminating; Verb: meridian, meridional; capital, head, polar, supreme, supernal, topgallant. |
Superiority | Supreme, greatest, utmost, paramount, preeminent, foremost, crowning; first-rate; (important), (excellent); unrivaled peerless, matchless; none such, second to none, sans pareil; unparagoned, unparalleled, unequalled, unapproached, unsurpassed; superlative, inimitable facile princeps, incomparable, sovereign, without parallel, nulli secundus, ne plus ultra; beyond compare, beyond comparison; culminating; (topmost); transcendent, transcendental;plus royaliste que le Roi, more catholic than the Pope |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Supreme |
| Specialty definitions using "supreme": Ague, Alla, Allah, Altamorus, Apollodoros ♦ Cabiri, Catharine Theot, CDA, Communications Decency Act, Conference of the Parties, CROESUS ♦ Dogmatic Facts ♦ executive ♦ Federal Assembly, Federal Insurance Court ♦ Gods, Grand Pensionary ♦ individual's right to privacy, Interstate Commerce Clause ♦ Jumala ♦ Keys, King's ♦ Laughing Philosopher, Lord ♦ Major NATO Commanders, Mars Hill, Moon ♦ Nunc Stans ♦ ogg ♦ Palermo Razors, Piety ♦ Rabble, ROCKEFELLER ♦ TAFT ♦ Ugolino ♦ Visions. (references) |
| Etymologies containing "supreme": Thearchy. (references) |
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Screenplays | For your information, the Supreme Court has roundly rejected prior restraint (The Big Lebowski; writing credit: Ethan Coen; Joel Coen) Supreme executive power derives from a mandate from the masses, not from some farcical aquatic ceremony (Monty Python and the Holy Grail; writing credit: Graham Chapman, John Cleese, Terry Gilliam, Eric Idle, Terry Jones, and Michael Palin.) Do you want your son to be Chief Justice of the Supreme Court or a sleazy male stripper (The Simpsons; writing credit: Artur Brauner; Paul Hengge) Father, are you sure she's a supreme being (The Fifth Element; writing credit: Luc Besson) Uncle Michael, listen -- I know you're into banks and Wall Street, but everyone knows you're the final word, you're like the Supreme Court (The Godfather: Part III; writing credit: Mario Puzo; Francis Ford Coppola) | |
Lyrics | But jeff is the man the lord supreme on the wheelz of steel (I Wanna Rock; performing artist: Prince) The worlds supreme dj dj jazzy jeff (I Wanna Rock; performing artist: Prince) My way supreme (My God; performing artist: The Jets) Let's hear it for the Supreme Court (Smut; performing artist: Tom Lehrer) | |
Movie/TV Titles | The Supreme Secret (1958) Hog Family Supreme (1948) His Supreme Moment (1925) The Supreme Test (1923) His Supreme Sacrifice (1922) | |
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| Thumbnail | Description & Credit | Thumbnail | Description & Credit |
 | U.S. Supreme Court (low angle). Credit: USDA. |  | Use The Supreme Skin Remedy, Sulphide of Arsenicum / Copyrighted by M. Bufford's Sons 1876. Credit: National Library of Medicine. |
 | Engraved portrait after a sketch by Albert Rosenthal, Philadelphia, 1889, reproduced with a facsimile of Thompson's signature. Smith Thompson served as Secretary of the Navy in 1819-1823 and as a Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court from 1823 until his death. Credit: NAVY. |  | Architectural drawing for the siting of the Supreme Court, Washington, D.C. Credit: Library of Congress. |
 | United States Supreme Court, Washington, D.C. Study sketch elevations and plans. Credit: Library of Congress. |  | Supreme head of the Church and some other heads. Credit: Library of Congress. |
 | Uncle Sam offering his hand to Allied Supreme Council. Credit: Library of Congress. |  | But, Uncle, I didn't think they could do a thing like that without packin' the Supreme Court!. Credit: Library of Congress. |
 | Gov. Hall and judges of the Supreme Court of La. Credit: Library of Congress. |  | Noted sculptor completes bust of Supreme Court judge. Credit: Library of Congress. |
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| "View from Parliament Hill" by J Eden Commentary: "A view of the Canadian Supreme Court building and the Ottawa River from Canadian Parliament Hill ." |
Source: photographs selected by the editor, with permission from the photographers. |
| Author | Quotation |
Fyodor Dostoyevski | Whoever wants supreme freedom must kill himself. He who cares enough to take his own life is God. |
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow | Simplicity in character, in manners, in style; in all things the supreme excellence is simplicity. |
Henry Ward Beecher | To array a man's will against his sickness is the supreme art of medicine. |
Marcus Tullius Cicero | Only in states in which the power of the people is supreme has liberty any abode. |
Pindar | Water is best. But gold shines like fire blazing in the night, supreme of lordly wealth. |
Publius Cornelius Tacitus | Those in supreme power always suspect and hate their next heir. |
Samuel Butler | Men are seldom more commonplace than on supreme occasions. |
Seneca | If you sit in judgment, investigate, if you sit in supreme power, sit in command. |
Sun Tzu | The supreme art of war is to subdue the enemy without fighting. |
William Cowper | It chills my blood to hear the blest Supreme Rudely appealed to on each trifling theme. |
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John Locke | 1690 | A single hereditary person, having the constant, supreme, executive power, and with it the power of convoking and dissolving the other two within certain periods of time. (Second Treatise of Government) |
US Declaration of Independence | 1776 | We, therefore, the Representatives of the United States of America, in General Congress, Assembled, appealing to the Supreme Judge of the world for the rectitude of our intentions, do, in the Name, and by Authority of the good People of these Colonies, solemnly publish and declare, That these United Colonies are, and of Right ought to be Free and Independent States; that they are Absolved from all Allegiance to the British Crown, and that all political connection between them and the State of Great Britain, is and ought to be totally dissolved; and that as Free and Independent States, they have full Power to levy War, conclude Peace, contract Alliances, establish Commerce, and to do all other Acts and Things which Independent States may of right do. (reference) |
US Constitution | 1791 | The judicial Power of the United States, shall be vested in one supreme Court, and in such inferior Courts as the Congress may from time to time ordain and establish. (reference) |
Marbury v. Madison | 1803 | In all other cases, the Supreme Court shall have appellate jurisdiction." (reference) |
Communist Manifesto | 1848 | It went to the extreme length of directly opposing the "brutally destructive" tendency of Communism, and of proclaiming its supreme and impartial contempt of all class struggles. (reference) |
Treaty of Versailles | 1919 | The Allied and Associated Powers publicly arraign William II of Hohenzollern, formerly German Emperor, for a supreme offence against international morality and the sanctity of treaties. (reference) |
Winston S. Churchill | 1946 | None can compute what has been called "the unestimated sum of human pain." Our supreme task and duty is to guard the homes of the common people from the horrors and miseries of another war. ("Iron Curtain" Speech) |
Brown v. Board of Education | 1954 | In the Delaware case, the Supreme Court of Delaware adhered to that doctrine, but ordered that the plaintiffs be admitted to the white schools because of their superiority to the Negro schools. (reference) |
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Les Miserables | Hugo, Victor | The moment had come for incorruptible supreme equity to look to it. |
Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man | Joyce, James | Supreme judge, from His sentence there will be and can be no appeal |
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Business | Thirty- two percent failed to endorse the work report of the Supreme People's Court. (references) | |
In cooperation with the NPC, the Supreme Court interprets new laws and then passes its guidance down to lower courts. (references) | ||
The seven emirs (rulers) of the emirates collectively form the Supreme Federal Council, which is chaired by a President. (references) | ||
Children | Iceland | The Association of Disabled Persons protested that the legislation did not comply with the Supreme Court ruling and challenged the new law in court. (references) |
Iceland | The city is spending approximately $175,000 (17.5 million krona) a year on this project, which it aims to have completed by 2006. In 2000 the Supreme Court ruled that the extent to which the State was reducing social security payments to persons with disabilities based on the income of their able-bodied spouses was unconstitutional. (references) | |
Civil Liberties | Nepal | On July 26, the Supreme Court annulled the Government's order. (references) |
Economic History | Cape Verde | Appeal is to the Supreme Court. (references) |
Afghanistan | Its supreme head is Mullah Omar. (references) | |
Paraguay | Paraguay's highest court is the Supreme Court. (references) | |
Human Rights | Russia | At the highest level is the Supreme Court. (references) |
Kyrgyz Republic | On July 19, the Supreme Court upheld the verdict. (references) | |
Bosnia and Herzegovina | Appeals are taken to the Federation Supreme Court. (references) | |
Indigenous People | Honduras | Another group of Lencas staged a protest outside the Supreme Court to press for the release of a jailed colleague. (references) |
Venezuela | In 1998 the Supreme Court ruled against a lawsuit filed by environmental and indigenous organizations challenging the 1997 decree. (references) | |
Denmark | The compensation is substantially less than the amount that the defendants sued for, and the case remained under appeal in the Supreme Court at year's end. (references) | |
Minorities | Mauritius | The request for an appeal was scheduled to be heard by the Supreme Court in January 2002. (references) |
Sweden | In 1994 a Supreme Court ruling, which stated that it may be illegal to wear xenophobic symbols or racist paraphernalia, entered into effect. (references) | |
Syria | Some members of the Kurdish community have been tried by the Supreme State Security Court for expressing support for greater Kurdish autonomy or independence. (references) | |
Political Economy | Iran | Their appeal to the Supreme Court was rejected in January. (references) |
PARAGUAY | A case currently before the Supreme Court challenges the constitutionality of this law. (references) | |
Austria | Cases initiated in the Administrative and Supreme Courts can be appealed to the Constitutional Court. (references) | |
Political Rights | Honduras | There is one female justice on the Supreme Court. (references) |
Iceland | Of the nine Supreme Court justices, two are women. (references) | |
Dominican Republic | Women fill 5 of the 16 seats on the Supreme Court. (references) | |
Trade | Greece | Imported nuts are subject to an aflatoxin test performed by the Supreme Chemical Laboratory. (references) |
Burma | The appointment of arbitrators, the supervision by the court for their removal, the award, the enforcement of award in court and appeal from award to the Supreme Court are all embodied in the Arbitration Act. (references) | |
Women | Yemen | The committee's chairwoman sits on the Prime Ministerial Supreme Council for Women. (references) |
Worker Rights | Zimbabwe | Ultimately, it may be appealed to the Supreme Court. (references) |
Zambia | The complainant may appeal a judgment of the IRC to the Supreme Court. (references) | |
Burkina Faso | Appeals may be pursued through the Court of Appeal to the Supreme Court, whose decision is binding on both parties. (references) | |
Lexicography | Devil's Dictionary | ALLAH, n. The Mahometan Supreme Being, as distinguished from the Christian, Jewish, and so forth. Allah's good laws I faithfully have kept, And ever for the sins of man have wept; And sometimes kneeling in the temple I Have reverently crossed my hands and slept. Junker Barlow |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
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Dennis Miller | Our Founding Fathers were supreme champions of freedom of speech. |
Gloria Allred | I might add that Megan's Law is presently being challenged before the United States Supreme Court. And I can only hope and pray that it will be upheld. |
Richard Armey | In this Congress probably this summer, I would hope by July. It's been very difficult to deal with the language of the Supreme Court decision. |
Rush Limbaugh | The press and Democrats want you to believe that Justice Stevens is ripping his own court, the United States Supreme Court. |
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| Speaker | Term | Phrase(s) |
George Washington | 1789-1797 | A representation from the judges of the Supreme Court, which will be laid before you, points out some of the inconveniences that are experienced. |
John Adams | 1797-1801 | If then, we are a part of the British empire, we must be subject to the supreme power of the state, which is vested in the estates in parliament. |
James Monroe | 1817-1825 | The great interests of the nation seem to require that the judges of the Supreme Court should be exempted from every other duty than those which are incident to that high trust. |
Andrew Jackson | 1829-1837 | Nothing could justify it but the public safety, which is the supreme law. |
James Buchanan | 1857-1861 | Besides, it is a judicial question, which legitimately belongs to the Supreme Court of the United States, before whom it is now pending, and will, it is understood, be speedily and finally settled. |
Grover Cleveland | 1885-1889; 1893-1897 | In the exercise of their power and right of self-government they have committed to one of their fellow-citizens a supreme and sacred trust, and he here consecrates himself to their service. |
Warren G. Harding | 1921-1923 | Service is the supreme commitment of life. |
Calvin Coolidge | 1923-1929 | Under our institutions their rights are supreme. |
Dwight Eisenhower | 1953-1961 | This hope--this supreme aspiration--must rule the way we live. |
Lyndon B. Johnson | 1963-1969 | We will take new steps this year to help strengthen the Alliance for Progress, the unity of Europe, the community of the Atlantic, the regional organizations of developing continents, and that supreme association-the United Nations. |
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| "Supreme" is generally used as an adjective (general or positive) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Supreme" is used about 3,335 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Adjective (general or positive) | 100% | 3,335 | 2,868 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| Country | Name |
| USA | Supreme Industries, Inc. |
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Source: compiled by the editor from Icon Group International, Inc.
1. Supreme, LA (CDP, FIPS 74235) |
Expressions using "supreme": be supreme ♦ into the supreme mystery ♦ justice of the supreme court ♦ stand supreme among ♦ state supreme court ♦ supreme administrative court ♦ supreme authority ♦ supreme being ♦ supreme command ♦ supreme commander ♦ supreme commander in chief ♦ supreme court ♦ supreme ease ♦ supreme federal court ♦ supreme headquarters ♦ supreme moment ♦ supreme principle ♦ supreme sacrifice ♦ supreme soviet ♦ supreme will ♦ the supreme ♦ the supreme being ♦ the supreme court ♦ the supreme hour ♦ the supreme punishment ♦ the supreme soviet. Additional references. | |
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Ending with "supreme": dealer-supreme. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Language | Translations for "supreme"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Albanian | suprem (imperial, paramount, superlative), më i lartë (higher, highest, superior, superlative, top, top flight, upper). (various references) | |
Arabic | فائق (transcendent, transcendental), سامي (semitic), عالي (hard to reach, imposing, monstrous, standard, tall), أكثر امتيازا, أهم (superior), أسمى (superior, topmost), أعلى (above, chief, maximal, maximum, paramount, super, superior, terminal, top, topmost, upmost, upper, uttermost), أشد خطورة, أبرز, رفيع (astral, elevated, fine, great, polite, sublime, superlative, thin). (various references) | |
Bulgarian | краен (completive, distal, dizzy, end, endmost, eventual, extreme, final, high, intense, intolerant, latter, marginal, out-, outside, profuse, rabid, red-hot, sublime, terminal, terminative, terrible, ultimate, unmerciful, utmost, utter, uttermost, veriest, wild-eyed), върховен (crowning, high, imperial, meridian, paramount, sovereign), най-голям (all, most, outside, peak, top, utmost, uttermost, veriest), най-важен (central, essential, foremost, leading, main, primal, primary, prime, principal), най-висш (ranking, upmost, uppermost), най-висок (peak, top, topmost, utmost, uttermost). (various references) | |
Chinese | 至尊, 至上 . (various references) | |
Czech | svrchovaný (paramount, sovereign), vrchní (chief, head waiter, paramount, superior, upper, uppermost, waiter), rozhodující (chief, commanding, critical, crucial, decisive, determinative, fatal, main, predominant, vital, winning), nejvyšší (highest, paramount, sovereign, the highest, topmost, upmost, uppermost, utmost). (various references) | |
Danish | oeverste myndighed (supreme authority), Højesteret (Supreme Court). (various references) | |
Dutch | Raad van Rechtsbijstand in Strafzaken bij de Hoge Raad der Nederlanden (Council for Legal Aid in Criminal Cases before the Supreme Court of the Netherlands), procureur-generaal bij de Hoge Raad (Procurator General at the Supreme Court), laatste rechterlijke instantie (Final Court of Appeal, Supreme Court), hoogste gezag (supreme authority), Hoge Raad van Adel (Supreme Council of Nobility), Contactcomité van Presidenten van de Rekenkamers van de Europese Unie (Contact Committee of the Presidents of the Supreme Audit Institutions of the European Union), Cassatieregeling (statutory provision extending the Supreme Court's competence as court of cassation), advocaat-generaal bij de Hoge Raad (Advocate General at the Supreme Court). (various references) | |
Farsi | منتهی , عالی (Beautiful, Brave, Capital, Excellent, Exquisite, Famous, Fine, Gallant, High, Immense, Knockout, Lofty, Much, Palmary, Remarkable, Ripping, Spiffy, Splendid, Super, Superb, Superlative, Swank, Unrivaled), افضل (Superlative, Trancscendent), انتها (Close, End, Extremity, Head, Outrance, Tagend, Terminal), اعلی (Topnotch), بزرگترین (Best, Eldest, Maximum). (various references) | |
Finnish | ylin (chief, highest, top, topmost, uppermost), korkein (highest, topmost). (various references) | |
French | suprême (superlative). (various references) | |
German | oberste (chief, highest, paramount, premier, sovereign, toggling, top, topmost, ultimate, uppermost), höchste (biggest, blissful, greatest, heaviest, highest, largest, longest, maximum, most, paramount, paramountly, rapt, sovereign, superlative, supremely, tallest, top, ultimate, utmost), höchst (awfully, bitterly, considerably, enormously, extreme, extremely, greatly, hegemonic, high, highest, highly, most, paramount, paramountly, punctiliously, superlatively, surprisingly, topmost, vitally), größte (biggest, daddy of them all, greatest, largest, most, superlative, ultralarge, utmost), äußerste (extreme, furthest, latest possible, outermost, outmost, outside, sovereign, ultimate, utmost, very). (various references) | |
Greek | ύπατοσ (consul), ύπατος, υπέρτατοσ (paramount, uppermost), υπέρτατος, ανώτατοσ (maximum, top, topmost, upmost, uppermost), ανώτατος. (various references) | |
Hebrew | עליון (chief, exalted, high, lofty, over, preeminent, preponderant, superior, top, upmost, upper), עלאי (sublime, superior, superlative), רם (eminent, high, lofty, tall, towering), נעלה (elevated, exalted, high, lofty, sublime, superb, superior). (various references) | |
Hungarian | végső (briefing, eventual, extreme, final, finishing, in the highest degree, in the last resort, terminal), páratlan (equitable, impair, impaired, inimitable, matchless, nonesuch, nonpareil, odd, peerless, singular, superlative, uneven, unexampled, unique, unmatched, unrivalled, unsurpassed), legfontosabb (chief, leading, main, premier, primal, prime, principal, staple), legfelsõbb, legfelső (paramount, sovereign, top, topmost, upper, uppermost), legfõbb (Cardinal, chief, foremost, paramount, sovereign, topmost, upmost), legfőbb (capital, chief, last, paramount, primal, staple). (various references) | |
Indonesian | tertinggi (paramount), luhur (glorious, lofty (ideals), upright), luhung (exquisite, noble, superb). (various references) | |
Italian | supremo (chief, extraordinary, great, highest, last, paramount, ultimate, uttermost). (various references) | |
Japanese Kanji | 崇高. (various references) | |
Japanese Katakana | すうこう (current, lofty, Songshan, tendency, trend), しこう (aim, carrying out, directional, draft of a poem, enforcing, execution, intention, liking, making an attempt, one's own thoughts or opinion, OO, personal conduct, preference, supremacy, supreme filial piety, taste, thought, tooth tartar, waiting upon), さいこう (crushing ore, highest, lighting, mining, pore, reconsideration, reinvestigation, restoration, resuscitation, revival, second proof, the most). (various references) | |
Korean | 최고 (Awesome, super, Super-, top-level). (various references) | |
Manx | kiondeeagh (of paramount importance). (various references) | |
Pig Latin | upremesay.(various references) | |
Portuguese | supremo (paramount, sovereign, tiptop, uppermost), superior (above, ascendant, atop, better, bettor, chief, choice, classy, crack-a-jack, gentle, high, master, olympian, over, pre-eminent, premium, select, superior, towering, transcendent, upper), maior possível, máximo em importância, extremo (extreme, furthest, high, intense, outdoor, outermost, outmost, out-of-door, outside, plaguy, surpassing, ultra, utmost, utter, uttermost). (various references) | |
Romanian | suveran (free, king, sovereign), suprem (crowning, highest, in chief, paramount), ultim (back, bottom, bottommost, closing, eventual, extreme, final, finishing, hindmost, last, late, lowest, rear, rearmost, rearward, recent, ultimate, utmost), extrem (abject, exceeding, excessive, extreme, extremely, furthermost, furthest, greatest, highest, like hell, outermost, paramount, steep, ultimate, unmitigated, utmost, uttermost), critic (censorious, climacteric, critic, critical, critically, crucial, decisive, delicate, judge, ticklish), ales (admirable, beau, choice, chosen, clear, dainty, delicate, distinct, distinguished, elect, elective, excellent, exquisite, first rate, grand, high, lofty, picked, rare, remarkable, select, splendid). (various references) | |
Russian | крайний (extravagant, extreme, last, margin, out, outside, ultra, utmost, utter, uttermost), высший;верховный, верховный (imperial, sovereign). (various references) | |
Scottish | àrd-chomhairle (Parliament, supreme court). (various references) | |
Serbo-Croatian | vrhovni (paramount, sovereign). (various references) | |
Spanish | supremo (all out, commander in chief, paramount, top). (various references) | |
Swedish | högst (at most, extremely, highest, last, most, outside, paramount, sovereign, topmost, uppermost), överlägsen (lofty, overweening, pre eminent, pre-eminent, snuffy, superior, transcendent, upstage). (various references) | |
Thai | พระสังฆราช (Buddhist Supreme Patriarch). (various references) | |
Turkish | son (afterbirth, bedrock, close, conclusion, conclusive, curtains, definitive, denouement, end, ending, expiration, expiry, extremity, farewell, fate, final, finis, finish, finishing, full, full stop, issue, kiss off, last, late, latest, latter, nth, Omega, outcome, quietus, recent, result, ruination, secundine, sunset, tail end, terminal, termination, ultimate, upshot), yüce (almighty, big, elevated, eminent, exalted, great-hearted, high, honorable, honourable, lofty, magnanimous, noble, paramount, sacrosanct, serene, soaring, sovereign, spheric, stately, sublime, towering), kritik (climacteric, critical, crucial, review, tight), en yüksek (crowning, highest, maximum, paramount, record high, superlative, top, ultimate, utmost), en son (aftermost, endmost, final, last, latest, the very last, ultimate, utmost, uttermost), en üstün (highest, superlative), azami (capacity, furthest, greatest, Max, maximal, maximum). (various references) | |
Ukrainian | граничний (critical, outside, very), верховний (high, paramount, sovereign), найвищий (arch-, culminant, meridian, top, topmost, upmost, uppermost). (various references) | |
Vietnamese | tối cao lớn nhất, quan trọng nhất cuối cùng Giáo hoàng. (various references) | |
Welsh | pen (apex, chief, end, head, pate, summit, surface, top), goruchel (exalted, high). (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | supremus. (various references) |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
| Language | Date | Source | 1 Peter Chapter 2, Verse 13 |
| Greek (transliterated) | 250 BC | Septuagint | Upotaghte oun pash anqrwpinh ktisei dia ton kurion eite basilei wV upereconti |
| Latin | 405 | Vulgate | Subiecti estote omni humanae creaturae propter Dominum sive regi quasi praecellenti |
| Middle English | 1395 | Wyclif | Be ye suget to ech creature, for God; ethir to the kyng, as to hym that is hiyer in state, |
| Renaissance English | 1526 | Tyndale | Submit youre selves vnto all manner ordinaunce of man for the lordes sake whether it be vnto the kynge as vnto the chefe heed: |
| Jacobean English | 1611 | King James | Submit yourselves to every ordinance of man for the Lord's sake: whether it be to the king, as supreme; |
| Victorian English | 1833 | Webster | Submit yourselves to every ordinance of man for the Lord's sake: whether to the king, as supreme; |
| Basic English | 1964 | Ogden | Keep all the laws of men because of the Lord; those of the king, who is over all, |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
| Language | 1 Peter Chapter 2, Verse 13 |
| Cebuano | ¶ Tungod sa Ginoo, kinahanglan magpasakop kamo nga masinugtanon sa tanang tawhanong pagbulot-an, sa emperador ingon nga maoy labaw sa tanan, |
| Chinese | 你 們 為 主 的 緣 故 、 要 順 服 人 的 一 切 制 度 、 或 是 在 上 的 君 王 、 |
| Croatian | Pokoravajte se svakoj ljudskoj ustanovi radi Gospodina: bilo kralju kao vrhovniku, |
| Danish | Underordner eder under al menneskelig Ordning for Herrens Skyld, være sig en Konge som den højeste, |
| Dutch | Zijt dan alle menselijke ordening onderdanig, om des Heeren wil; hetzij den koning, als de opperste macht hebbende; |
| Finnish | Olkaa alamaiset kaikelle inhimilliselle järjestykselle Herran tähden, niin hyvin kuninkaalle, joka on ylin, |
| French | Soyez soumis, à cause du Seigneur, à toute autorité établie parmi les hommes, soit au roi comme souverain, |
| German | Seid untertan aller menschlichen Ordnung um des HERRN willen, es sei dem König, als dem Obersten, |
| Indonesian-Bahasa Sehari-hari | Demi Tuhan, hendaklah kalian tunduk kepada setiap penguasa manusia: baik kepada Kaisar yang menjadi penguasa yang terutama, |
| Indonesian-Terjemahan Lama | Hendaklah kamu takluk karena Tuhan kepada segala kuasa yang ditetapkan oleh manusia, baik kepada raja, sedang ialah yang di atas sekali; |
| Italian | State sottomessi ad ogni istituzione umana per amore del Signore: sia al re come sovrano, |
| Maori | ¶ Kia ngohengohe koutou ki nga tikanga katoa a te tangata, he whakaaro ki te Ariki: ahakoa ki te kingi, ki te mea nui rawa; |
| Norwegian | Vær derfor all menneskelig ordning undergitt for Herrens skyld, enten det nu er kongen som den høieste, |
| Portuguese | Sujeitai-vos a toda autoridade humana por amor do Senhor, quer ao rei, como soberano, |
| Shuar | ¶ Kristu Atumí Uuntri asamtai, ju nunkanam akupin ainiana nusha umirkatniuitrume. Uunt akupin Ashí akupin asamtai umirkatarum. |
| Swahili | Basi, jiwekeni chini ya mamlaka yote ya kibinadamu, kwa ajili ya Bwana: utii kwa mfalme aliye mtawala mkuu, |
| Uma | ¶ Kana mengkoru-ta hi hawe'ea topoparenta to rapakatantu manusia', apa' toe-mi konoa Pue'. Mengkoru hi magau' bohe, apa' lawi' hi'a-mi to hi wongko-na mpu'u. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "supreme": supremely, supremeness, supremenesses, supremer, supremest. (additional references) | |
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"Supreme" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: espereme, sperme, Suframa, Supermec, Supertex, suprame, supremes, supremo, suprime. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "supreme" (pronounced suprē"m or serprē"m) |
| 3 | -r ē" m | bream, ream, cream, creme, dream, extreme, scream, stream, upstream. |
| 3 | -r ē" m | bream, ream, cream, creme, dream, extreme, scream, stream, upstream. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
Direct Anagrams: presume. | |
| Words within the letters "e-e-m-p-r-s-u" | |
-1 letter: peruse, purees, resume, rupees, sempre. | |
-2 letters: emeus, meres, mures, muser, peers, perms, perse, prees, prese, puree, purse, reuse, rumps, rupee, serum, speer, sperm, spree, sprue, spume, super. | |
-3 letters: emes, emeu, emus, mere, mure, muse, peer, pees, perm, pree, pure, purs, rees, rems, reps, rues, rump, rums, ruse, seem, seep, seer, seme, sere, spue. | |
| Words containing the letters "e-e-m-p-r-s-u" | |
+1 letter: perfumes, permutes, presumed, presumer, presumes, supermen, supremer. | |
+2 letters: empurples, perfumers, presumers, supermale, supremely, supremest. | |
+3 letters: impressure, impureness, periosteum, petroleums, plumberies, prematures, premeasure, prenumbers, presumable, presumedly, recomputes, supermales, supermodel, superwomen, suppertime, trumperies, trumpeters. | |
+4 letters: computerese, computerise, epidendrums, epineuriums, euphemizers, hemipterous, hesperidium, impressures, imprudences, pentamerous, perfumeries, peritoneums, praemunires, precomputes, premeasured, premeasures, presumptive, recoupments, sempervivum, superbomber, superimpose, supermarket, supermodels, supermodern, supersystem, suppertimes, supremacies, supremeness, unimpressed. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro. | |
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