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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
super
I.adjective
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ NOUN
computer
▪ These are used in machines from desktop computers to super computers.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
▪ "Would you like some lemonade?" "That would be super."
▪ You guys really did a super job.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
▪ But they weren't really that super.
▪ He is suffering from senile dementia: the deterioration of a super brain.
▪ I always admired him for his tenacity of purpose and dedication - and envied his super brain-power.
▪ It can be a great car, a super car.
▪ It will be a super production!
▪ To enter our super competition simply answer this question: What is the name of Marillion's lead singer?
II.noun
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
▪ A detective chief super should immerse himself in bumf until the last trump sounds and like it.
▪ He could check it, he supposed, with the new super, a tough-talking veteran with a pit bull.
▪ Still no super, still no owner.
▪ The super sent us a hundred men, no less, and they've searched the factory.
▪ The Puerto Rican super, Alfredo, came to their door almost daily.
▪ When the super came around to empty the trash cans, Richard stuffed Jessica into the closet.
III.adverb
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
▪ Some of the bus drivers are super nice, but most aren't.
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Super

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

Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
super

"first-rate, excellent," 1837, from prefix in superfine (1680s), denoting "highest grade of goods," from Latin super "above, over, beyond" (see super-). Extended usage as a general term of approval is 1895 slang, revived by 1967. Rhyming reduplication form super-duper first attested 1940. Super Bowl attested from 1966; Super Glue from 1975; as a verb by 1983.

Wiktionary
super

Etymology 1

  1. 1 Of excellent quality, superfine. 2 better than average, better than usual; wonderful. adv. (context informal English) very; extremely (used like the prefix ''super-''). Etymology 2

    n. (context informal Northeastern US English) Abbreviation of superintendent in the sense of a building's resident manager, sometimes clarified as "building super". Etymology 3

    n. (context Australia New Zealand informal uncountable English) Short form of superannuation, the Australian/New Zealand retirement benefits or pension scheme. Etymology 4

    n. (context beekeeping English) An empty box placed above the existing boxes of the beehive in order to allow the colony to expand or store additional honey. v

  2. (context beekeeping English) To add or to place a #Noun atop the existing boxes of the beehive. Etymology 5

    n. (context comics slang English) superhero. Etymology 6

    n. (context theatre English) Someone outside the normal company, but appearing on stage with no lines to speak.

WordNet
super
  1. adj. 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"

super

n. a caretaker for an apartment house; represents the owner as janitor and rent collector [syn: superintendent]

super

adv. to an extreme degree; "the house was super clean for Mother's visit" [syn: extremely]

Wikipedia
Super

Super may refer to:

Super (1, 2, 3)

"Super (1, 2, 3)" is a song made by Italian DJ Gigi D'Agostino in collaboration with disc jockey Albertino. It was released in December 2000 as a single.

Super (2005 film)

Super is a 2005 Telugu heist-action-thriller film produced by Nagarjuna Akkineni on Annapurna Studios banner, written and directed by Puri Jagannadh. Starring Nagarjuna Akkineni, Anushka Shetty, Ayesha Takia and Sonu Sood in lead roles and music composed by Sandeep Chowta. The film was also dubbed into Hindi and was titled Robbery. The film recorded as Hit at box-office.

SUPER (computer programme)

SUPER © (Simplified Universal Player Encoder & Recoder) is a closed-source adware front-end for open-source software video players and encoders provided by the FFmpeg, MEncoder, MPlayer, x264, ffmpeg2theora, musepack, Monkey's Audio, True Audio, WavPack, libavcodec, and the Theora/ Vorbis RealProducer plugIn projects. SUPER © provides a graphical user interface to these back-end programs, which are command-line based.

Super (2010 American film)

Super is a 2010 American superhero black comedy- drama film written and directed by James Gunn, starring Rainn Wilson, Ellen Page, Liv Tyler, Kevin Bacon and Nathan Fillion. The film premiered at the 2010 Toronto International Film Festival and was released in theaters in the United States on April 1, 2011 and on video on demand on April 13, 2011. The film was released unrated in U.S. theaters, and later received an R rating for its DVD/Blu-ray release.

Super (Neu! song)

Super is a single by German band Neu!, released in 1972. It failed to chart and has never been re-released, but has become a collector's item due to the rarity of the original vinyl 7". After the single's recording both the A and B side tracks were added to the album Neu! 2, which was released the following year.

Super (2010 Indian film)

Super (originally known only by Vitarka Mudrā hand symbol) is a 2010 Indian multilingual film written and directed by Upendra. The film was released on 3 December 2010 in its Kannada version; and on 11 March 2011 in its Telugu version This utopian film had a concept of a contrasting futuristic India set in the year 2020, and the contemporary image of India.

With the title of the film depicted only by a symbol, it features Upendra and Nayantara in lead roles and is produced by Rockline Venkatesh, while V. Harikrishna scored the music. Making more than 100 million through satellite television and audio rights even before release, in Kannada it grossed a record 25 million in first three days of the opening weekend. The film grossed 500 million at the box office and was one of the Highest grossing Kannada films of 2010, along with Jackie.

Super (album)

Super is the thirteenth studio album by English synthpop duo Pet Shop Boys, released on 1 April 2016, on the band's own label, x2, through Kobalt Label Services. It is available on vinyl and compact disc along with a digital download. It debuted at No. 3 on the UK album chart, lead single "The Pop Kids" was played on BBC Radio 2 & Radio 6, Absolute Radio and several smaller stations, reaching No. 1 on the Physical Singles Chart & narrowly missing out on the Top 100 in the main chart.

Usage examples of "super".

A couple of brawny supers carried Mama on stage in Act Four, wrapped in a shroud, tipped her into the cellarage amidst displays of grief from all concerned but up she would pop at curtain-call having shaken the dust off her graveclothes and touched up her eye make-up, to curtsy with the rest of the resurrected immortals, all of whom, even Prince Hamlet himself, turned out, in the end, to be just as un-dead as she.

Mulier debet uelamen habere super caput suum propter Angelos: Multi Catholici exponunt quod sequitur, propter angelos, id est Incubos.

Zeek the Meek and Super Duper, characters Hannah had made up in stories for Josh when he was a toddler.

Der Hase on any idea of making another attempt to inflict a super race on the world-not if it meant any trouble and risk on his part.

Rolf tightened his gloved, two-fisted grip on the helper handle of the Homelite Super 1130G gear drive chain saw while Magnus positioned the five-foot blade in the kerf and pulled the cord.

Bob had been probably lumper or messenger, or one of a legion of imps and devils, in one place, and super, or possibly call boy, in another.

Runt immediately put Narra into a climb, toward the surface of Halmad, then continued the loop so that the charred, antiquated black surface of Bastion, and the surrounding gleam of the Super Star Destroyer Iron Fist, came within sight.

Still there are only four figures out of the eleven that are mere otiose supers, and taking the work as a whole it leaves a pleasant impression as being throughout naive and homely, and sometimes, which is of less importance, technically excellent.

Sushi K concert machine Fast efficient super clean Run like clockwork in a watch Kick old rappers in the crotch One of The Enforcers up the hill is carrying a flashlight.

Into super combination So can have fans in every nation Hong Kong they speak English, too Yearn of rappers just like you Anglophones who live down under Sooner later start to wonder When they get they own rap star Tired of rappers from afar Lagos is lying on the ground, sprawled across the tire track.

Less than twenty-four hours ago Rodham had announced the existence of the Kilrathi super carriers and the assumption that Earth had been directly targeted for attack.

She was tooan American Body Armor vest with a Super Shok heart platebut at this range a shot could easily do major damage to an unprotected part of their bodies.

For some disconnected reason, he had the Super Six on his mind: Neddy, Huey, Deli Bob, Bernie, Tailspin Tommy.

Est ibi cumulus lapidum et unus lapis super-positus super congestum cum vestigia canis in eo.

Sed sicut dicitur de zizaniis: Ne forte eradicantes zizania simul eradicetis et triticum, ita etiam super iis dici potest, in quibus vel dubia vel occulta peccata sunt.