superior
noun/suːˈpɪəriə(r)/
/suːˈpɪriər/
- a person of higher rank, status or position
- your social superiors
- He's my immediate superior (= the person directly above me).
- I'm going to complain to your superiors.
- She threatened to report the assistant to his superiors.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- direct
- immediate
- intellectual
- …
- inform
- tell
- report somebody/something to
- …
- used in titles for the head of a religious community
- Mother Superior
Word Originlate Middle English: from Old French superiour, from Latin superior, comparative of superus ‘that is above’, from super ‘above’.
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