dictionary definitions for "super"


From WordNet (r) 2.0 (August 2003) [wn]:

  super
      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, tiptop, topnotch,
             {tops(p)}]
      2: including more than a specified category; "a super
         experiment"
      3: extremely large; "another super skyscraper"
      n : a caretaker for an apartment house; represents the owner as
          janitor and rent collector [syn: superintendent]
      adv : to an extreme degree; "the house was super clean for
            Mother's visit" [syn: extremely]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Super \Su"per\, n.
     A contraction of Supernumerary, in sense 2. [Theatrical
     Cant]
     [1913 Webster]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Super- \Su"per-\ [L. super over, above; akin to Gr. ?, L. sub
     under, and E. over. See Over, and cf. Hyper-, Sub-,
     Supra-, Sur-.]
     1. A prefix signifying above, over, beyond, and hence often
        denoting in a superior position, in excess, over and
        above, in addition, exceedingly; as in superimpose,
        supersede, supernatural, superabundance.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     2. (Chem.) A prefix formerly much used to denote that the
        ingredient to the name of which it was prefixed was
        present in a large, or unusually large, proportion as
        compared with the other ingredients; as in calcium
        superphosphate. It has been superseded by per-, bi-, di-,
        acid, etc. (as peroxide, bicarbonate, disulphide, and acid
        sulphate), which retain the old meanings of super-, but
        with sharper definition. Cf. Acid, a., Bi-, Di-, and
        Per-.
        [1913 Webster]

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (19 Sep 2003) [foldoc]:

  SUPER
  
     The successor to LOGLISP, based on LNF.
  
     ["New Generation Knowledge Processing: Final Report on the
     SUPER System", J Alan Robinson et al, CASE Center TR 8707,
     Syracuse U, 1987].
  
     (1994-11-24)
  


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