Adjective

(en adjective)

Higher in quality.

Higher in rank.

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More comprehensive, as a term in classification.

A genus is superior to a species.

Located above.

the superior''' jaw; the '''superior part of an image

# (botany) Above the ovary; said of parts of the flower which, although normally below the ovary, adhere to it, and so appear to originate from its upper part; also of an ovary when the other floral organs are plainly below it in position, and free from it.

# (botany) Belonging to the part of an axillary flower which is toward the main stem; posterior.

# (botany) Pointing toward the apex of the fruit; ascending; said of the radicle.

# (typography) Printed in superscript.

a superior figure or letter

Greater or better than average; extraordinary.

Beyond the power or influence of; too great or firm to be subdued or affected by; with to .

* Spectator

There is not in earth a spectacle more worthy than a great man superior to his sufferings.

Adjective

(en adjective)

Predominant; of greatest force.

The prevailing opinion was for additional planning time.

* '', reprinted in 1797, John Bell, ''Bell's British Theatre , Volume 33, page 37 (within play),

He has a humour more prevailing than his curiosity, and will willingly dispense with the hearing of one scandalous story, to avoid giving an occasion to make another, by being seen to walk with his wife.

* 1807 , , The Life and Most Surprising Adventures of Robinson Crusoe, of York, Mariner , page 187,

and as merciful coun?els are mo?t prevailing when earne?tly pre??ed, ?o I got them to be of the ?ame opinion as to clemency.

* 1826 , , House of Commons Papers , Volume 17, page 411,

I have heard generally that alderman Archer has a more prevailing and powerful influence in the commons than any other alderman, and exercises that influence ;

Prevalent, common, widespread.

* 1829 , James Annesley, Sketches of the Most Prevalent Diseases of India , page 247,

Fever'' and ''dysentery are the most prevailing diseases in this division, more particularly the latter, which is one of the most destructive amongst the troops in India, and particularly so in the European constitution.

* 1832 , David Brewster, Spain'', entry in ''The Edinburgh Encyclopaedia , Volume 17, page 371,

One of the most prevailing defects in this people is their invincible indolence, and hatred of labour, which has, at all times, paralysed the government of their best princes, and impeded the success of their most brilliant enterprises.

* 1940 , Australian Commonwealth Bureau of Census and Statistics, Official Year Book of the Commonwealth of Australia No. 33 - 1940 , page 49,

In Sydney at 9 am, by far the most prevailing wind is a westerly, particularly during the colder two-thirds of the year.