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Definition of "super-" []

  • Above; over; upon: superimpose. (prefix)
  • Superior in size, quality, number, or degree: superfine. (prefix)
  • Exceeding a norm: supersaturate. (prefix)
  • Excessive in degree or intensity: supersubtle. (prefix)
  • Containing a specified ingredient in an unusually high proportion: superphosphate. (prefix)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Use "super-" in a sentence
  • ""If we were back to a super- majority vote, it's quite possible that the Republicans would have extracted an even more serious amount of cuts or would have extracted pension reform or regulatory relief," said Bruce Cain , a political-science professor at the University of California, Berkeley."
  • "My super- talented mother made a Cinderella pumpkin coach as a cake for my seventh birthday."
  • "In the flier for the show, Carol Willis, the museum's curator and director, writes that "to distinguish the rarified air of the super- from the merely very tall, the Museum has made the benchmark 380 meters/1,250 feet—the height of the Empire State Building—rather than the more frequently used measure of 300 meters.""
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