{
    "term": "supreme",
    "partOfSpeech": "adjective",
    "ox5000": true,
    "cefr": "c1",
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "highest in rank or position",
            "cefr": "c1",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "the Supreme Commander of the armed forces"
                },
                {
                    "text": "the supreme champion"
                },
                {
                    "text": "It is an event in which she **reigns supreme**."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "very great or the greatest in degree",
            "cefr": "c1",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "to make the **supreme sacrifice** *(= die for what you believe in)*"
                },
                {
                    "text": "a supreme effort"
                },
                {
                    "text": "She smiled with supreme confidence."
                }
            ]
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/suˈpriːm/",
                "audio": "su/supreme/supreme__gb_1.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/suˈpriːm/",
                "audio": "su/supreme/supreme__us_2.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "late 15th cent. (in the sense ‘highest’): from Latin supremus, superlative of superus ‘that is above’, from super ‘above’."
}