0 used in a text to refer to something mentioned earlier:
See McHoul note 33 (supra), for a discussion of these possibilities.
1 over or above:
a supracervical hysterectomy
supranational organizations (= involving more than one country) like the IMF and the U.N.
Another effect of the underlying oral culture, of no less consequence for the present study, is the creation of a characteristic type of "supra-utilitarian" knowledge.
There is now widespread agreement by governments and supra-governmental bodies throughout the developed world that we need a flexible workforce, capable of learning and adaptation.
However, it is in this fourth period that the use of the head-shake as a supra-segmental feature begins to be found.
For the detection task, the result at the supra-threshold level is the same as that at the sub-threshold level.
It is only natural to link the further dynamics of the political dispute in the supra-local sphere with the sequel of the village drama.
First, talud-tablero architecture and incensarios are present in public contexts, perhaps indicating a supra-household ritual complex.
Many of these organisations decide to by-pass supra-local structures and directly invest in organisation building at village level.
The supra-utilitarian level, instead, is important for the function of the knowledge system as an ingredient of craft identity.
