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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

SUPER, a Latin preposition, Gr. signifies above, over, excess. It is much used in composition.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

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, super, tiptop, topnotch, top-notch, tops]
2: including more than a specified category; "a super experiment"
3: extremely large; "another super skyscraper" n
1: a caretaker for an apartment house; represents the owner as janitor and rent collector [syn: superintendent, super] adv
1: to an extreme degree; "extremely cold"; "extremely unpleasant" [syn: extremely, exceedingly, super, passing]

Merriam Webster's

I. adjective Etymology: super- Date: 1842 1. a. of high grade or quality b. — used as a generalized term of approval <a super cook> 2. very large or powerful <a super atomic bomb> 3. exhibiting the characteristics of its type to an extreme or excessive degree <super secrecy> II. noun Date: 1838 1. [by shortening] a. supernumerary; especially a supernumerary actor b. superintendent, supervisor; especially the superintendent of an apartment building 2. [short for obsolete superhive] a removable upper story of a beehive 3. [super (I)] a superfine grade or extra large size 4. [origin unknown] a thin loosely woven open-meshed starched cotton fabric used especially for reinforcing books III. adverb Etymology: super- Date: 1946 1. very, extremely <a super fast car> 2. to an excessive degree

Oxford Reference Dictionary

adj. & n. --adj. 1 (also super-duper) colloq. (also as int.) exceptional; splendid. 2 Commerce superfine. 3 Commerce (of a measure) superficial, in square (not lineal or solid) measure (120 super ft.; 120 ft. super). --n. colloq. 1 Theatr. a supernumerary actor. 2 a superintendent. 3 superphosphate. 4 an extra, unwanted, or unimportant person; a supernumerary. 5 Commerce superfine cloth or manufacture. Etymology: abbr.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Super Su"per, n. A contraction of Supernumerary, in sense 2. [Theatrical Cant]

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English. 1. Some people use super to mean very nice or very good. (mainly BRIT INFORMAL, OLD-FASHIONED) We had a super time... That's a super idea... 'I think I could find you something.'—'That would be super.' = great ADJ 2. Super is used before adjectives to indicate that something has a lot of a quality. I'm going to Greece in the summer so I've got to be super slim. ADV: ADV adj 3. Super is used before nouns to indicate that something is larger, better, or more advanced than similar things. ...building Russia into a super state. ...a chance to test-drive a stunning Lotus super-car. ADJ: ADJ n

Moby Thesaurus

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