super

Plural

supers

Adjective

Adjective

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A word that describes or modifies a noun or pronoun.

1. 1.Of excellent quality, superfine.

2. 2.Better than average, better than usual; wonderful.

Adverb

Adverb

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A word that modifies a verb, adjective, another adverb, or a clause.

1. 1.Absolutely; utterly.(colloquial)

   • I super don't care about that.

2. 2.Very; extremely (used like the prefix super-).(colloquial)

   • “The best people are staying, so I’m not super worried,” he tweeted.
   • The job is super interesting for a person who enjoys a hardware environment and communicating with people.
   • The party was super awesome.

Noun

Noun

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A word that identifies a person, place, thing, or idea.

1. 1.Clipping of superannuation.(colloquial)

   • Jane looked forward to collecting a large super payout when she retired.
   • “I want to make it clear, compassionate release of super should only be considered as a last resort, where all other options of paying for the eligible expenses have been exhausted,” she said.

2. 2.Clipping of supercomputer.(colloquial)

   • The performances and cost ranges of three classes of commercial supercomputers are given in Table 2.1. The full-scale supers are the most expensive class, represented by Cray, ETA, and Fujitsu systems, for example.

3. 3.Clipping of superhero.(colloquial)

   • For quotations using this term, see Citations:super.

4. 4.Clipping of superhive.(colloquial)

   • There may be thirty to fifty supers in every outyard, and we have only about half an hour to get them off the hives, stacked and covered before the bees get really cross about what we are doing.

Overall

Common· #1998

By learning goal

Everyday conversation

Uncommon

General reading & writing

Common

Academic

Rare

Literature

Rare

Word family

• superior