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Definition of Super
1. Adverb. To an extreme degree. "Extremely unpleasant"
2. Adjective. Of the highest quality. "She is absolutely tops"
Language type: Colloquialism
Similar to: Superior
3. Noun. A caretaker for an apartment house; represents the owner as janitor and rent collector.
4. Adjective. Including more than a specified category. "A super experiment"
5. Adjective. Extremely large. "Another super skyscraper"
Definition of Super
1. n. A contraction of Supernumerary, in sense 2.
Definition of Super
1. Adjective. Of excellent quality, superfine. ¹
2. Adjective. better than average, better than usual; wonderful. ¹
3. Adverb. (informal) Very; extremely (used like the prefix ''super-''). ¹
4. Noun. (informal Northeastern US) Abbreviation of superintendent in the sense of a building's resident manager, sometimes clarified as "building super". ¹
5. Noun. (Australia New Zealand informal uncountable) Short form of superannuation, the Australian/New Zealand retirement benefits or pension scheme. ¹
6. 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. ¹
7. Verb. (beekeeping) To add or to place a super atop the existing boxes of the beehive. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Super
1. to reinforce with a thin cotton mesh, as a book [v -ED, -ING, -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Super
Literary usage of Super
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Publications by Oxford Historical Society (1906)
"... una aera & dimidia jacent super le Hoke, una aera & dimidia super ...
versus austrum in una parte campi, super ..."
2. An Etymological Dictionary of the English Language by Walter William Skeat (1893)
"Lat. super Mum, over the whole ; see super. and Total. ... See super- and Name ;
and see Noun. So also Span, sobrenombre, Ital. soprannome. ..."
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