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supremacy
What does supremacy mean?
supremacy (noun): power to dominate or defeat.
Definition: Princeton WordNet 3.1.
How do you pronounce supremacy?
/səˈpɹɛməsi/ (IPA, American English). The app reads every word aloud.
Where does supremacy come from?
From supreme + -acy (a variant of -cy).
Etymology: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
What are synonyms of supremacy?
From Princeton WordNet 3.1.
Test yourself: do you know “supremacy”?
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What does “supremacy” mean?
a small amount of something
Not quite: that's what bit means.
power to dominate or defeat
Right! That's what “supremacy” means.
a person who owns something
Not quite: that's what owner means.
the shore of a sea or ocean
Not quite: that's what coast means.
Which word is closest in meaning to “supremacy”?
population
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department
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domination
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collection
Not quite: collection means something else.
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