Define the word super"Super" gcide "The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48"
Super \Su"per\, n.
A contraction of Supernumerary, in sense 2. [Theatrical
Cant]
[1913 Webster]
"Super-" gcide "The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48"
Super- \Su"per-\ [L. super over, above; akin to Gr. ?, L. sub
under, and E. over. See Over, and cf. Hyper-, Sub-,
Supra-, Sur-.]
1. A prefix signifying above, over, beyond, and hence often
denoting in a superior position, in excess, over and
above, in addition, exceedingly; as in superimpose,
supersede, supernatural, superabundance.
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2. (Chem.) A prefix formerly much used to denote that the
ingredient to the name of which it was prefixed was
present in a large, or unusually large, proportion as
compared with the other ingredients; as in calcium
superphosphate. It has been superseded by per-, bi-, di-,
acid, etc. (as peroxide, bicarbonate, disulphide, and acid
sulphate), which retain the old meanings of super-, but
with sharper definition. Cf. Acid, a., Bi-, Di-, and
Per-.
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"super" wn "WordNet (r) 2.0"
super
adj 1: of the highest quality; "an ace reporter"; "a crack shot";
"a first-rate golfer"; "a super party"; "played
top-notch tennis"; "an athlete in tiptop condition";
"she is absolutely tops" [syn: ace, A-one, crack,
first-rate, tiptop, topnotch, tops(p)]
2: including more than a specified category; "a super
experiment"
3: extremely large; "another super skyscraper"
n : a caretaker for an apartment house; represents the owner as
janitor and rent collector [syn: superintendent]
adv : to an extreme degree; "the house was super clean for
Mother's visit" [syn: extremely]
"super" moby-thes "Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0"
133 Moby Thesaurus words for "super":
Big Brother, a cut above, above, ahead, ascendant, auditor, better,
bit player, boatswain, boss, capping, chief, chosen, comptroller,
controller, cool, crown, damned, distinguished, divine, duodecimo,
eclipsing, eighteenmo, eminent, exceeding, exceedingly, excellent,
excelling, exceptionally, excessively, exquisite, extra, extremely,
figurant, figurante, finer, floor manager, floorman, floorwalker,
folio, foreman, gaffer, ganger, gilt-edged, glorious, golden,
greater, groovy, head, headman, heavenly, higher, highly, hot,
hugely, immense, immensely, imperial, in ascendancy,
in the ascendant, inordinately, inspector, keen, magnificent,
major, marked, marvelous, medium, monitor, mute, neat,
noncommissioned officer, octavo, octodecimo, of choice, one up on,
outstanding, over, overfull, overly, overman, overmuch, overseer,
proctor, quarto, rare, rattling, rivaling, royal, sensational,
sextodecimo, sirdar, sixteenmo, slave driver, spear-carrier,
splendid, splendiferous, stand-in, standby, sterling, straw boss,
strikingly, subforeman, substitute, supe, superb, supereminent,
superexcellent, superfine, superintendent, superior, supernumerary,
supervisor, support, supporting actor, supporting cast, surpassing,
surpassingly, surveyor, taskmaster, terrific, too, topping,
transcending, tremendous, twelvemo, understudy, unduly, upper,
visitor, walk-on, walking gentleman, wonderful
"super" foldoc "The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (27 SEP 03)"
SUPER
The successor to LOGLISP, based on LNF.
["New Generation Knowledge Processing: Final Report on the
SUPER System", J Alan Robinson et al, CASE Center TR 8707,
Syracuse U, 1987].
(1994-11-24)
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