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super

USSOO-pur/ˈsu.pɚ/SaySOO-puh/ˈs(j)uːpə(ɹ)//ˈsʉː.pə(ɹ)/

Noun pluralsupers

14 meanings of super

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  1. 1
    extremelyadverbcolloquial
    Very or really, an informal word that makes another word stronger, as in 'super easy'.

    The soup was super hot when it arrived.

    She ran super fast to catch the train.

    Similarvery, extremely, really, incredibly, so

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  2. 2
    first-rateadjective
    Very good or of very high quality.

    Like getting the biggest, best slice of cake at the party.

    We had a super time swimming at the lake yesterday.

    That was a super idea for cheering her up.

    Similarexcellent, great, superb, wonderful, fantastic

    Oppositeawful, terrible, poor, bad

  3. 3
    building managernouncolloquialUSabbreviationclipping
    Short form of superintendent, the person who manages and repairs a building.

    The super fixed our leaking faucet the same day.

    We called the super about the broken heater.

    UsageIf it is not clear, say the building super.

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  4. 4
    nounslangabbreviationclipping
    Short for superhero: a fictional hero with amazing powers, skills, or equipment.

    In this comic, supers have to keep their identities secret.

    The new super can fly and bend steel with bare hands.

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Origins

Meanings 1–2

It comes from the prefix "super-", which goes back to Latin "super", meaning "above".

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Meanings 3–9

It is a short form made by shortening a longer word.

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