Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

reign supreme

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.98 in modern English

Syllables: reign -supreme
IPA

17

Scrabble Score

12

Letters

2

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To be the most important or most prevalent.

Example Sentences

"During the month prior to writing this article I have made a series of journeys [...]. One was over a main line on which steam still reigns supreme on the principal trains and on which we had a fine run, fully up to the best standards of the locomotive class concerned."
"[A]s much as language in our modern technological world is mediated through the written word, quantitatively spoken language still reigns supreme."

Inflected Forms

reigns supreme (present, singular) reigning supreme (participle, present) reigned supreme (participle, past) reigned supreme (past)

Questions

What does reign supreme mean?: To be the most important or most prevalent.

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