# supreme

/səˈpɹim/ (US) · /suːpɹˈiːm/ (UK)

Source: https://englishreference.com/word/supreme
Updated: 2026-06-19

## Senses

### 2. greatest or ultimate

adjective · CEFR C1 · Literary

the greatest or most extreme version of a quality.

For teachers: representing the ultimate or highest degree of a quality or state.

- The athlete showed supreme confidence as she walked onto the track.
- To complete the solo ascent of the north face required a moment of supreme courage and technical precision.

### 3. to segment fruit

verb · CEFR C2 · Technical

to cut a citrus fruit into pieces while removing all the skin and seeds.

For teachers: to remove the skin, pith, membranes, and seeds from citrus segments. Transitive; requires a direct object.

- The chef showed the students how to supreme an orange for the salad.
- The recipe requires you to supreme three grapefruits, ensuring that no bitter white pith remains on the delicate segments.

### 4. a cut of meat or fruit

noun · CEFR C2 · Technical

a piece of chicken, fish, or fruit that has had all the skin and bones removed.

For teachers: a prime cut of poultry or fish with skin and bones removed, or a citrus segment prepared similarly.

- The restaurant serves a chicken supreme with a creamy mushroom sauce.
- The banquet menu featured a pan-seared salmon supreme served on a bed of seasonal greens and drizzled with a lemon reduction.

## Examples

- The court's decision is supreme and cannot be changed.
- The athlete performed with supreme confidence, knowing she had trained harder than anyone else in the competition.
- The treaty established a supreme council tasked with overseeing international trade, effectively centralising power that had previously been distributed among several smaller regional committees.

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