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presus
above (superior to) /preˈsus/
adverb#4148 most common
Also: beyond, higher than, surpassing
Example sentences
Familia este mai presus de orice.
Family is above everything.
El se crede mai presus de toți.
He thinks he is above everyone.
Pentru ea, dragostea e mai presus de bani.
For her, love is above money.
Legea trebuie să fie mai presus de interesele personale.
The law must be above personal interests.
Unele fenomene par mai presus de puterea de înțelegere a omului.
Some phenomena seem beyond the power of human understanding.
Filosofii au dezbătut îndelung dacă adevărul absolut este mai presus de orice interpretare subiectivă.
Philosophers have long debated whether absolute truth stands above any subjective interpretation.
Word family
Etymology
Presus is a Romanian formation built from the old intensifying prefix pre- and the adverb sus, meaning up. Sus itself descends from Latin sursum. The word survives almost only inside the fixed phrase mai presus (de), meaning above or beyond something, and it carries a formal, slightly archaic tone. It is rarely used on its own outside that phrase.
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