Of authority or an office, or someone holding it) superior to all others.
"a unified force with a supreme commander"
synonyms: highest-ranking, chief, head, top, foremost, principal, superior, premier, first, prime;
Without adjectives, we could not describe things. Color would be less precious to us: there would be cars, but not red cars or blue cars or black cars. In describing a cat to someone who’s never owned a cat, all you could say is, “A cat is an animal with ears and a tail.” You couldn’t explain its soft fur or sharp claws.
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D. “A Mighty Girl.” N.p., n.d. Web. 26 Feb. 2014.
