Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun An article or a product of superior size, quality, or grade.
- noun A superintendent in an apartment or office building.
- noun A supernumerary.
- adjective Very large, great, or extreme.
- adjective Excellent; first-rate.
- adverb Especially; extremely.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A prefix of Latin origin, meaning ‘over, above, beyond’: equivalent to hyper- of Greek origin, or over- of English origin.
- noun A supernumerary; specifically, a supernumerary actor.
- noun A superhive. See
bar super , under bar. - noun A superintendent.
- noun One of the medium or middle sorts of a fleece of wool.
- noun An abbreviation of superior
- noun of superfine.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun Theatrical Cant A contraction of
supernumerary , in sense 2.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective Of excellent quality,
superfine . - adjective
better than average, better than usual;wonderful . - adverb informal
Very ;extremely (used like the prefixsuper- ). - noun beekeeping An empty box placed above the existing boxes of the
beehive in order to allow the colony to expand or store additional honey. - verb beekeeping To add or to place a super atop the existing boxes of the beehive.
- noun Australia, New Zealand, informal, uncountable Short form of
superannuation , the Australian/New Zealandretirement benefits orpension scheme. - noun comics, slang
superhero . - noun informal, Northeastern US Abbreviation of
superintendent in the sense of a building's resident manager, sometimes clarified as "building super".
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adverb to an extreme degree
- adjective of the highest quality
- adjective including more than a specified category
- adjective extremely large
- noun a caretaker for an apartment house; represents the owner as janitor and rent collector
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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The International Space Nomenclature Council today adopted the term ‘emplacements de hauts gravité super’ – or ’super high gravity locations’ – as the official replacement name for black holes.
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I don't particularly like the term "super tutor", which I hear used more and more by the parents who hire me to work with their children.
Telegraph.co.uk - Telegraph online, Daily Telegraph and Sunday Telegraph Mark MacLaine 2012
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Columbia University professor William T. R. Fox coined the term super power in 1944, primarily to describe the British Empire and Commonwealth; a common myth is that the United States assumed “the leadership of the world,” “replacing” the British Empire in 1947 by aiding Greece.
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I've been around for awhile, but I think the term super-senior is inappropriately snarky!
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I've been around for awhile, but I think the term super-senior is inappropriately snarky!
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Or did he see a way to entrench Roe more securely than if he'd talked about the term super stare decisis?
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DC & Marvel hold a joint *trademark* to the term super-hero for use in publications, and have held it for many years.
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DC & Marvel hold a joint *trademark* to the term super-hero for use in publications, and have held it for many years.
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A meal that brings new meaning to the term super size.
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M. O'BRIEN: Gives new meaning to the term super size.
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In 2013, The Washington Post conducted a nationwide analysis that identified the wealthiest and most educated zip codes in the U.S., labeled “Super Zips” (building upon an earlier analysis by political scientist Charles Murray).
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