Super
['suːpə;'sjuː-] or ['sʊpɚ]
Definition
(adj.) including more than a specified category; 'a super experiment' .
(adj.) extremely large; 'another super skyscraper' .
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Definition
(n.) A contraction of Supernumerary, in sense 2.
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Definition
n. a supernumerary actor.
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Examples
- The latest type of super-dreadnaught for the United States Navy, with a displacement of 27,500 tons and engines of 28,000 horse-power. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- If you'll tell me wen he wakes, I'll be upon the wery best extra-super behaviour! Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- It had been nothing more than a passing hallucination, super-induced by excitement and by personal contact. Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
- I would make one super-human effort to escape. Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.
- The more northerly Huns were checked and their super-abundant energies were turned westward. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- It is certain, that the belief super-adds nothing to the idea, but only changes our manner of conceiving it, and renders it more strong and lively. David Hume. A Treatise of Human Nature.
- I can recommend it for your purpose, sir, because it really is extra super. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
- A merchant looks for fidelity and skill in his factor or super-cargo. David Hume. A Treatise of Human Nature.
- These were the supers of a drama in which France was for him the star. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
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