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superior

/suːˈpɪəɹi.ə(ɹ)/ /suːˈpɪɹiɚ/

Meanings
noun
A person of higher rank or quality.

Examples :

"The superior in our department handled the challenging project with ease. "
person position quality

Related Words

Illustration condition

condition noun

/kənˈdɪʃən/

A logical clause or phrase that a conditional statement uses. The phrase can either be true or false.

"The condition for getting a raise at work is meeting your quarterly targets. "

Illustration comprehensive

comprehensive noun

/ˌkɒm.pɹɪˈhɛn.sɪv/ /ˌkɑːm.pɹəˈhɛn.sɪv/

A comprehensive school.

"The comprehensive school offered a wide range of subjects, from science and math to art and music. "

Illustration monastery

monastery noun

/ˈmɒnəstɹi/ /ˈmɑnəstəɹi/

Building for housing monks or others who have taken religious vows

"The monks at the monastery spent their days studying religious texts. "

Illustration university

university noun

/juːnɪˈvɜːsətiː/ /junɨˈvɝsəti/

Institution of higher education (typically accepting students from the age of about 17 or 18, depending on country, but in some exceptional cases able to take younger students) where subjects are studied and researched in depth and degrees are offered.

"My older sister is attending university to study engineering. "

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community noun

/k(ə)ˈmjunəti/ /kəˈmjuːnɪti/

A group sharing a common understanding, and often the same language, law, manners, and/or tradition.

"The school community celebrated the end-of-year festival together. "

Illustration heritable

heritable adjective

/ˈhɛɹɪtəbəl/ /ˈhɛɹɪtəbl̩/

That can legally be inherited.

"The family farm, including the house and equipment, was heritable property divided equally among the children in the will. "

Illustration extraordinary

extraordinary noun

/ɪksˈtɹɔː(ɹ)dɪnəɹi/

Anything that goes beyond what is ordinary.

"The extraordinary amount of rainfall this week caused significant flooding. "

Illustration influence

influence noun

/ˈɪn.flu.əns/

The power to affect, control or manipulate something or someone; the ability to change the development of fluctuating things such as conduct, thoughts or decisions.

"I have absolutely no influence over him."

Illustration department

department noun

/dɪˈpɑːtm(ə)nt/ /dəˈpɑɹtmənt/

A part, portion, or subdivision.

"The school's science department focuses on biology and chemistry. "

Illustration classification

classification noun

/ˌklæsɪfɪˈkeɪʃən/

The act of forming into a class or classes; a distribution into groups, as classes, orders, families, etc., according to some common relations or attributes.

"The classification of students by their academic performance helps teachers tailor instruction. "

Illustration challenging

challenging verb

/ˈtʃæləndʒɪŋ/

To invite (someone) to take part in a competition.

"We challenged the boys next door to a game of football."

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performance noun

[pə.ˈfɔː.məns] [pɚ.ˈfɔɹ.məns]

The act of performing; carrying into execution or action; execution; achievement; accomplishment; representation by action.

"the performance of an undertaking or a duty"