Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- A prefix of Latin origin, meaning ‘above,’ ‘beyond.’
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adverb Over; above; before; also, beyond; besides; -- much used as a prefix.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adverb law Used to indicate that the current citation is from the same source as the previous one.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adverb at an earlier place
Etymologies
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Examples
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"Statura fuit supra modum humili," etc.] [Footnote 129: Sc. Sammarthani Elog., _ubi supra_.] [Footnote 130: Lefèvre's scientific works were numerous, and some of them passed through many editions during the early years of the sixteenth century.
The Rise of the Hugenots, Vol. 1 (of 2) Henry Martyn Baird
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If Google can continue its upward trajectory, it will emerge as a genetic variant of the multi-national corporation or what I call a supra-national enterprise.
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If Google can continue its upward trajectory, it will emerge as a genetic variant of the multi-national corporation or what I call a supra-national enterprise.
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Both of those guys have achieved long term supra-normal returns.
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If a world fiat currency were established -- a so-called supra-reserve currency -- all it would do is allow the world's financial systems to do what they are already doing, but with more devastating results.
MONETIZING DEBT 2009
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Mark Field was pleasant enough to point out actual case law, supra, which is persuasive although distinguishable, as superskeptic pointed out.
The Volokh Conspiracy » ACORN Challenges Congressional Defunding 2009
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The potential vegetation cover is described as supra-Mediterranean, with climax cover of Quercus spp. and Ostrya spp. and beech Fagus sylvatica forest above 700 m.
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Along the dorsal edge of the scapula of the rabbit is unossified cartilage, which is called the supra-scapula (s. sc.).
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There would be, in other words, a supra-intellectual intuition.
Evolution créatrice. English Henri Bergson 1900
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(PhysOrg. com) -- Rising temperatures on the Greenland ice sheet cause the creation of large surface lakes called supra-glacial lakes.
PhysOrg.com - latest science and technology news stories 2010
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