Examples of “supra” in a Sentence

adv (formal) Used to show that a source has already been mentioned earlier in the text.

• The court's earlier ruling, cited supra, applies equally to this case.

adv Referring to something already mentioned earlier in the same piece of writing.

• As noted supra, the author's argument depends on two key assumptions.
• The definition given supra will be used throughout the rest of this report.
• For the full explanation of this term, see the section discussed supra.
• The footnote refers the reader to the table shown supra.
• The author repeats the point made supra before moving to the conclusion.