Supra meaning

Supra is defined as a reference to a person or thing that was referenced earlier in a book.

An example of supra is a column note citing a character spoken about earlier in the story.

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Supra means above, over or greater than.

An example of supra is supraorbital, which means situated above the eye's orbit.

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Above; over; on top of.

Suprarenal.

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Greater than; transcending.

Supramolecular.

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Above (in the book, etc.)
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Above, over, beyond, or before.

Suprarenal.

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A relational DBMS from Cincom Systems, Inc., Cincinnati, OH (www.cincom.com) that runs on IBM mainframes and VAXs. It includes a query language and a program that automates the database design process.
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Above; superior to.
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(law) Used to indicate that the current citation is from the same source as the previous one.
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Origin of supra

  • < L supra, above, over, akin to super: see super-
    From Webster's New World College Dictionary, 5th Edition
  • Latin from suprā above, beyond uper in Indo-European roots
    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
  • Latin suprā (“above")
    From Wiktionary
  • Latin supra (“above")
    From Wiktionary
  • Georgian სუფრა
    From Wiktionary

Supra Sentence Examples

  • P sp, Supra - intestinal visceral ganglion on the course of the right visceral cord.

  • ut supra; Jerome, Ep. cxl.

  • Section 47 of the act gives the tenant the same rights to compensation as if his holding had been a holding under the Agricultural Holdings Act 1908 (vide supra).

  • 58 (compared with Lucian, ut supra, and Movers, Phoenizier, i.

  • The next step in the hierarchy, that of "primates" (supra), has " in the present state of the Church " ceased to exist for our purpose (Sanguineti, op. cit.

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