Superior

Definition

superior /su:'pÇǝriǝ(r); Brit also sju:-/ adj ၁။ ~ (to sb/sth) သာေသာ။ သာလြန္ေသာ။ superior accommodation/intelligence ❍ a superior product/performance ❍ She is clearly superior to the other candidates. ၂။ ~ (to sb) အထက္။ a superior court ❍ one's superior officer ❍ be promoted to a superior position. ၃။ ( derog )ဟန္ႀကီးပန္ႀကီး လုပ္ေသာ။ ေသြးႀကီးေမြးႀကီး လုပ္ေသာ။ ေထာင္လႊားေသာ။ အထင္အျမင္ေသးေသာ။ a superior smile/look/ manner ❍ There's no need to be so superior. Compare INFERIOR n ၁။ (often pl ) အထက္လူႀကီး။ လူႀကီး။ one's social superiors ❍ I need to discuss it with my superiors. ၂။ …အုပ္။ the Father/Mother Superior. ❏ superiority /su:pÇǝri'ɒrǝti; US -'ↄ:r-; Brit also sju:/ n [U] ~ (in sth) ; ~ (to/over sth/sb) ပိုျခင္း။ သာျခင္း။ ျမင့္ျခင္း။ feelings of superiority ❍ superiority in numbers ❍ military/technological superiority. ❏ superiority complex n ဘဝင္ျမင့္စိတ္အစြဲ။ Compare INFERIORITY COMPLEX

Examples

1. Towards the end of the game the younger man’s superior strength began to show.
2. Though technically superior
3. their system was never commercially successful.
4. [superior to] : The sound quality is superior to that on a regular CD.
5. [vastly/greater/infinitely superior] : The new version is vastly superior to the old one.
6. [superior knowledge/skill/intelligence] : We respected Bill’s superior knowledge of the area.
7. Despite its superior numbers
8. the French fleet was defeated by Nelson’s navy.
9. [superior force/power] : They fought with great courage against a superior force of invaders.
10. A company that supplies superior wines to the restaurant trade
11. I can’t stand that superior smile of his.
12. You are accountable to your superior officer.
13. Judges of the superior courts
14. The superior rectal vein