super

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Etymology 1.2 Pronunciation 1.3 Adjective 1.3.1 Synonyms 1.3.2 Derived terms 1.3.3 Related terms 1.3.4 Translations 1.4 Adverb 1.5 Interjection 1.6 Noun 1.6.1 Synonyms 1.6.2 Antonyms 1.7 See also 1.8 Verb 2 Esperanto 2.1 Etymology 2.2 Preposition 3 French 3.1 Adjective 3.2 Adverb 3.2.1 Synonyms 3.2.2 Related terms 4 Italian 4.1 Etymology 4.2 Adjective 4.3 Noun 5 Latin 5.1 Etymology 5.2 Preposition 5.2.1 Related terms

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[edit] Etymology

French super from Latin supra.

[edit] Pronunciation

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• (General): so͞o'pə(r), /ˈsuːpə(r)/, /"su:p@(r)/
• (UK) /'su:p@/
• (US) /ˈsupɚ/, /"sup@`/

  Rhymes: -uːpə(r)

SOO-per or SU-per

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super (not comparable)

1. better than average, better than usual; wonderful.

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• (better): awesome, excellent

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• superactivity
• superman
• super-note
• supersnoop
• superstar
• supernormal

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• superlative

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[edit] Adverb

super

1. (informal) Very; extremely (used like the prefix super-).

   The party was super awesome.

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super

1. great

[edit] Noun

super (countable and uncountable; plural supers)

1. (informal, Northeastern US) Superintendent of a building.
2. (beekeeping) An empty box placed above the existing boxes of the beehive in order to allow the colony to expand or store additional honey.
3. (Australian, New Zealand, informal, uncountable) Short form of superannuation, the Australian/New Zealand retirement benefits or pension scheme.

   Jane looked forward to collecting a large super payout when she retired.

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• (beekeeping): duplet

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• (beekeeping): nadir

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• super-

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to super (third-person singular simple present supers, present participle supering, simple past and past participle supered)

1. (beekeeping) To add or to place a super atop the existing boxes of the beehive.
   • 1917 Dadant, C. P., First Lessons in Beekeeping; revised & rewritten edition, 1968, by M. G. Dadant and J. C. Dadant, p 73:

     The question is: when is the best time to super?

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[edit] Esperanto

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From Latin 'super'

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super

1. above

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[edit] French

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super inv.

1. superb, great

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super

1. (informal) super (extremely)

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• vachement

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• super-

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[edit] Italian

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English

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super inv.

1. super

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super m. inv.

1. The best
2. superphosphate

super f. inv.

1. The best grade of petrol

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[edit] Latin

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Related to Greek ὑπέρ (hyper), above

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super; comparative adjective superior; superlative supremus

1. above

• For examples of the usage of this term see the citations page.

Used in many compound words.

[edit] Related terms

• soprano
• superior
• supreme
• supervise