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super¹

  • /ˈsuːpə/ UK
  • /ˈsʉwpə/ British, Southern, Standard
  • [ˈsypɑ] Multicultural London English
  • [ˈsup̚ʔɐː] Geordie
  • /ˈsupɚ/ Canada, US
  • [ˈsʉu̯.pɚ] Canada, US
  • /ˈsʉːpə/ Australia, New Zealand
  • /ˈsʉpəɾ/ Scotland
  • /ˈsʉpəɹ/ Northern Ireland
  • /ˈsupər/ South Asia
  • [suː.pɜ(ɾ)] South Asia
  • /ˈsjuːpə/
  • /ˈsɪʊpə/ Wales

Sounds like souper (one pronunciation) · Rhymes with -uːpə(ɹ)

Where it comes from

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *úp

Proto-Indo-European *-er

Proto-Indo-European *upér

Proto-Italic *super

Latin super

Latin super-lbor.

English super-

English super

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

adjective

  1. not comparable Of excellent quality, superfine.
  2. not comparable Better than average, better than usual; wonderful.

adverb

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

super²

  • /ˈsuːpə/ UK
  • /ˈsʉwpə/ British, Southern, Standard
  • [ˈsypɑ] Multicultural London English
  • [ˈsup̚ʔɐː] Geordie
  • /ˈsupɚ/ Canada, US
  • [ˈsʉu̯.pɚ] Canada, US
  • /ˈsʉːpə/ Australia, New Zealand
  • /ˈsʉpəɾ/ Scotland
  • /ˈsʉpəɹ/ Northern Ireland
  • /ˈsupər/ South Asia
  • [suː.pɜ(ɾ)] South Asia
  • /ˈsjuːpə/
  • /ˈsɪʊpə/ Wales

Sounds like souper (one pronunciation) · Rhymes with -uːpə(ɹ)

Where it comes from

Abbreviation by shortening.

noun supers

  1. Australia, New Zealand, abbreviation, clipping, colloquial, informal Clipping of superannuation.superannuation Jane looked forward to collecting a large super payout when she retired.
  2. abbreviation, clipping, colloquial Clipping of supercomputer.supercomputer The performances and cost ranges of three classes of commercial supercomputers are given in Table 2.1. The full-scale supers are the most expensive class, represented by Cray, ETA, and Fujitsu systems, for example.
  3. abbreviation, clipping, colloquial, slang Clipping of superhero.superhero For quotations using this term, see Citations:super.
  4. abbreviation, clipping, colloquial Clipping of superhive.superhive There may be thirty to fifty supers in every outyard, and we have only about half an hour to get them off the hives, stacked and covered before the bees get really cross about what we are doing.
  5. US, abbreviation, clipping, colloquial, informal Clipping of superintendent, especially, a building's resident manager (sometimes clarified as “building super”).superintendent
  6. abbreviation, clipping, colloquial, neologism Clipping of supernaturalist, especially as distinguished from bright.supernaturalist For quotations using this term, see Citations:super.
  7. abbreviation, clipping, colloquial Clipping of supernumerary; (theater) specifically, a supernumerary actor.supernumerary For this scene, a large number of supers are engaged, and in order to further swell the crowd, practically all the available stage hands have to ‘walk on’ dressed in various coloured dominoes, and all wearing masks.
  8. abbreviation, clipping, colloquial Clipping of supertanker.supertanker That is a lot of ship, about the size of big tankers before they grew so rapidly to become supers, mammoths and oilbergs.
  9. abbreviation, clipping, colloquial Clipping of supervisor.supervisor
  10. colloquial A superimposed caption or image. Supers are superimposed words that run across the TV screen and provide information such as the names of interview subjects. The newsroom sends a printed list of these supers to Perry.
  11. colloquial, obsolete A watch (timepiece). The "super" or watch is passed to a stall, who hurries away, while the "dip" continues on the car. No sign of recognition passes between the members of the mob when at work.

verb supers · supering · supered

  1. abbreviation, clipping, colloquial Clipping of superhive.superhive The question is: when is the best time to super?
  2. abbreviation, clipping, colloquial Clipping of superimpose.superimpose Even running a supered "Re-enactment" caption for a few seconds is poor policy, he feels […]

Super³

Where it comes from

Proper name capitalized from ellided forms with super and super-.

proper noun

  1. In any of various contexts, a specifically named instance of a super, such as a particular superintendent, supervisor, or super-weapon. You better call the Super if you want your repairs done [the specific superintendent in the implicit context of a specific apartment building; parallel with "President" versus "president"]

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