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Dictionary definition for: Superior

1. (n) one of greater rank or station or quality

2. (a) of high or superior quality or performance; "superior wisdom derived from experience" "superior math students"

3. (n) the head of a religious community

4. (a) of or characteristic of high rank or importance; "a superior officer"

5. (n) a combatant who is able to defeat rivals

6. (s) (sometimes followed by "to'') not subject to or influenced by; "overcome by a superior opponent" "trust magnates who felt themselves superior to law"

7. (n) the largest freshwater lake in the world; the deepest of the Great Lakes

8. (a) written or printed above and to one side of another character

9. (n) a town in northwest Wisconsin on Lake Superior across from Duluth

10. (a) having an orbit farther from the sun than the Earth''s orbit; "Mars and Jupiter are the closest in of the superior planets"

11. (n) a character or symbol set or printed or written above and immediately to one side of another character

12. (s) having a higher rank; "superior officer"

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