super
verb
- short for 'superimpose:' put one thing atop another
adjective
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L28350 on Wikidata ↗noun
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L328806 on Wikidata ↗adverb
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L333742 on Wikidata ↗interjection
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L334154 on Wikidata ↗Wiktionary
Pronunciation: /ˈsuːpə/ / /ˈsʉwpə/ / [ˈsypɑ]
adj
Etymology: From super- (prefix), from Middle English super-, from Latin super-, from super (“above”). Doublet of over and hyper.
- Of excellent quality, superfine.
- Better than average, better than usual; wonderful.
adv
Etymology: From super- (prefix), from Middle English super-, from Latin super-, from super (“above”). Doublet of over and hyper.
- Very; extremely (used like the prefix super-).
“The party was super awesome.”
“The job is super interesting for a person who enjoys a hardware environment and communicating with people.”
- Absolutely; utterly.
“I super don't care about that.”
name
Etymology: Proper name capitalized from ellided forms with super and super-.
- In any of various contexts, a specifically named instance of a super, such as a particular superintendent, supervisor, or super-weapon.
“You better call the Super if you want your repairs done [the specific superintendent in the implicit context of a specific apartment building; parallel with "President" versus "president"]”
“Teller and Oppenheimer discussing the feasibility of the Super [super atomic bomb, i.e., as later known, the hydrogen bomb]”
noun
Etymology: Abbreviation by shortening.
- Clipping of superannuation.
“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.”
- Clipping of supercomputer.
“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.”
- Clipping of superhero.
“For quotations using this term, see Citations:super.”
- Clipping of superhive.
“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.”
- Clipping of superintendent, especially, a building's resident manager (sometimes clarified as “building super”).
- Clipping of supernaturalist, especially as distinguished from bright.
“For quotations using this term, see Citations:super.”
- Clipping of supernumerary; (theater) specifically, a supernumerary actor.
“For this scene, a large number of supers are engaged, and in order to further swell the crowd, practically all the available stage hands have to ‘walk on’ dressed in various coloured dominoes, and all wearing masks.”
“The piece was gave by a bunch o’ supers the time I went. I’d like to see it with a real cast. They say it’s a whiz when it’s acted right.”
- Clipping of supertanker.
“That is a lot of ship, about the size of big tankers before they grew so rapidly to become supers, mammoths and oilbergs.”
- Clipping of supervisor.
- A superimposed caption or image.
“Supers are superimposed words that run across the TV screen and provide information such as the names of interview subjects. The newsroom sends a printed list of these supers to Perry.”
- A watch (timepiece).
“The "super" or watch is passed to a stall, who hurries away, while the "dip" continues on the car. No sign of recognition passes between the members of the mob when at work.”
“Once the "super,” or watch, was in his hand, Tony would swiftly pass it to Carlo.”
verb
Etymology: Abbreviation by shortening.
- Clipping of superhive.
“The question is: when is the best time to super?”
- Clipping of superimpose.
“Even running a supered "Re-enactment" caption for a few seconds is poor policy, he feels […]”