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super

/ˈsuːpə/ adjective

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In Latin: super, supra Wiktionary

adjective Definition from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA). Pronunciation from Wiktionary, via Kaikki.org. More about super at Wordnik → Where our words come from →

  1. Of excellent quality, superfine.
  2. Better than average, better than usual; wonderful.

adverb

  1. Very; extremely (used like the prefix super-).
    The party was super awesome.
  2. Absolutely; utterly.
    I super don't care about that.

noun

  1. Clipping of superannuation.
    Jane looked forward to collecting a large super payout when she retired.
  2. Clipping of supercomputer.
  3. Clipping of superhero.

verb

  1. Clipping of superhive.
  2. Clipping of superimpose.

Origin

From super- (prefix), from Middle English super-, from Latin super-, from super (“above”). Doublet of over and hyper.

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