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reigned supreme

reigned supreme is the simple past and past participle of reign supreme.

Meaning of reign supreme

Verb

reign supreme (third-person singular simple present reigns supreme, present participle reigning supreme, simple past and past participle reigned supreme)

  1. (idiomatic) To be the most important or most prevalent.
    • 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.1961 July, Cecil J. Allen, “Locomotive Running Past and Present”, in Trains Illustrated, page 401

Questions about reigned supreme

What is reigned supreme the simple past and past participle of?
Reigned supreme is the simple past and past participle of reign supreme.

Words near reigned supreme in the dictionary

  1. reign of terror
  2. reign supreme
  3. reigne
  4. reigned
  5. reigned in
  6. reigned supreme
  7. reigner
  8. reigners
  9. reignes
  10. reignest
  11. reigneth

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