Super

/ˈsuːpə/ · adjective

Meaning

Of excellent quality, superfine..

Definitions by Sense

1. Of excellent quality, superfine.
2. Better than average, better than usual; wonderful.
3. Very; extremely (used like the prefix super-).
4. Absolutely; utterly.
5. (Australia, New Zealand, informal) Clipping of superannuation.
6. Clipping of supercomputer.
7. (comics, slang) Clipping of superhero.
8. (beekeeping) Clipping of superhive.

Example Sentences

The party was super awesome.

The job is super interesting for a person who enjoys a hardware environment and communicating with people.

“The best people are staying, so I’m not super worried,” he tweeted.

I super don't care about that.

Jane looked forward to collecting a large super payout when she retired.

“I want to make it clear, compassionate release of super should only be considered as a last resort, where all other options of paying for the eligible expenses have been exhausted,” she said.

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.

For quotations using this term, see Citations:super.

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• supers
• supering
• supered

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