adjective
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
a supreme/tremendous effort (= a very big effort )
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It was only with a supreme effort that Roger controlled his temper.
sb’s crowning/supreme achievement (= the best of several impressive achievements )
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Her appointment to the Paris post was the crowning achievement of her life.
Supreme Being
Supreme Court
the Supreme Court (= the most important court in some countries or US states )
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Thomas was the only African-American justice on the Supreme Court.
ultimate/highest/supreme etc accolade
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She received a Grammy Award, the highest accolade in the music business.
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ NOUN
achievement
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The supreme achievement of art was his, the art of concealing art.
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These comprise titles that are among the supreme achievements in prose narrative.
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It has become the supreme achievement for humans to convert themselves into a property that can be marketed with ease.
authority
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Under Luther the Bible alone had supreme authority .
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Parliament is all-powerful, the supreme authority within the legal system.
being
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Belief in supreme beings of whatever creed or breed seemed to Kate to constitute an evasion of personal responsibility.
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Fundamentalism is a belief system that can not be refuted because it comes from a supreme being .
commander
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Admiral Yamamoto, as supreme commander of the Fleet, was particularly conscious of this naval responsibility.
council
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Three vice-presidents were also elected, as were 20 members of a supreme council .
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Executive power would be shared between the leading parties in a supreme council of three to five members.
court
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Gen Musharraf has promised to keep to a supreme court ruling that requires him to hold general elections by October 2002.
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I could flip through a fifty-page state supreme court decision on deadline and call in a story from a pay phone.
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The supreme court of Florida is welcome to them.
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The state supreme court advised the governor that the law violated the First Amendment rights of teachers.
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Bush's supreme court claim was an unexpected help in this respect.
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Two of the five supreme court judges are white, including the chief justice, Anthony Gubbay.
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This was the chief justice of the state supreme court !
effort
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It had been with supreme effort that he had controlled his temper.
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They give this supreme effort for our entertainment.
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The faint grating caused by that supreme effort was what Biff had detected in his beast-brain.
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With the most supreme effort she had ever made, she thought of him as the patient.
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But only a supreme effort over this distance will produce more than two or three minutes' advantage.
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With another supreme effort I reached round and pulled the ripcord.
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The outward calm she was managing to project was achieved only by a supreme effort of will-power.
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He must either barge the door down or make one more supreme effort to leave the way he had come in.
example
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Luke uses this story as the supreme example of his theme of universalism.
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Jane, the supreme example of self-control, did not know what was happening to her!
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His landscapes were considered to be supreme examples of photographic technique, a number of them being published.
importance
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In the administration of criminal justice the principle of independence from the wishes of government is of supreme importance .
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Being small makes them portable, which is of supreme importance when you're traveling.
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Finally, there is a contextual issue, briefly dealt with, but of supreme importance .
law
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For, in the spirit of constitutionalism, parliament is both accountable and the supreme law-making authority.
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The supreme law of the land did not measure justice.
leader
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The supreme leader is appointed by a body of experts who are elected by the people.
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Under the constitution, the supreme leader , appointed by conservative clerics, has the final say in matters of state.
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The present supreme leader , Ali Khamenei, displaced Montazeri as Khomeini's chosen successor in 1989.
moment
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He was a high churchman for whom the sacrament of holy communion was the supreme moment of worship.
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In the earlier volumes the supreme moment of love is experienced as loss of identity.
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Ah, this was the supreme moment for a chef.
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At this supreme moment in his plans, in his life, fate had suddenly dealt Jack a wild card.
power
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Like Miltiades, he had aroused the suspicion of his people that he aimed at supreme power .
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There were thoughts of grandeur and supreme power .
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She distrusted the institutions through which they exercised influence from the moment that supreme power seemed within her grasp.
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When he finally grabbed supreme power for himself he continued to enjoy wary support from Washington.
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He still believes that only through the Daleks can he achieve supreme power .
sacrifice
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We felt that it was a great tribute to us and all our many comrades who made the supreme sacrifice .
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He evidently thought his life was so valuable that some one would surely save it even at the cost of the supreme sacrifice .
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You made the supreme sacrifice of your life for your work last night, so don't be shy about admitting it.
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These were people who showed courage, faith, and were an example to all by making the supreme sacrifice .
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For her, the only supreme sacrifice would have been in giving up her husband.
test
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It was the supreme test Manville was aware of his back slamming against a wall.
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
reign supreme
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And it is not only in Washington that this belief reigns supreme.
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But from the early years of the twentieth century to the 1930s classical styles reigned supreme for all larger city stations.
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For dessert, fruit pies, cakes, fudgy walnut brownies and cookies reign supreme.
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His system of political patronage and agile intimidation of potential enemies reigns supreme in the economically depressed territories.
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It was an interesting event for she has a distinct voice in which melody reigns supreme.
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Not surprisingly, perhaps, those salad and sandwich platters reign supreme earlier in the day.
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The wide-cut style still reigns supreme over slimmer styles, and are easier to wear.
the final/supreme/ultimate sacrifice
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Also there, Captain Oates, the man who was to make the ultimate sacrifice in a bid to save his colleagues.
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He evidently thought his life was so valuable that some one would surely save it even at the cost of the supreme sacrifice .
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In that sense I suppose I am making the ultimate sacrifice .
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These were people who showed courage, faith, and were an example to all by making the supreme sacrifice .
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This might appear to be the ultimate sacrifice on behalf of the colony, but all the bees in the colony are genetically related.
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We felt that it was a great tribute to us and all our many comrades who made the supreme sacrifice .
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You made the supreme sacrifice of your life for your work last night, so don't be shy about admitting it.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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Going in after the little girl was a supreme act of courage.
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the supreme commander of the fleet
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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A political society can not endure without a supreme will somewhere.
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Amun-Re was the supreme state deity of the New Kingdom.
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It has become the supreme achievement for humans to convert themselves into a property that can be marketed with ease.
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It was an interesting event for she has a distinct voice in which melody reigns supreme .
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Rather, it was an expression of supreme confidence in the immutability of his creation.
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They give this supreme effort for our entertainment.