super

adjective

1. 1

   Of excellent quality, superfine.

2. 2

   Better than average, better than usual; wonderful.

adverb

1. 1

   Very; extremely (used like the prefix super-).

   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.

2. 2

   Absolutely; utterly.

   I super don't care about that.

noun

1. 1

   A superimposed caption or image.

   Supers are superimposed words that run across the TV screen and provide information such as the names of interview subjects. The newsroom sends a printed list of these supers to Perry.

2. 2

   obsoleteA watch (timepiece).

   The "super" or watch is passed to a stall, who hurries away, while the "dip" continues on the car. No sign of recognition passes between the members of the mob when at work.

   Once the "super,” or watch, was in his hand, Tony would swiftly pass it to Carlo.

3. 3

   Variant of superannuationinformalClipping of superannuation.

   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.

4. 4

   Variant of supercomputerClipping of supercomputer.

   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.

5. 5

   Variant of superheroslangClipping of superhero.

   For quotations using this term, see Citations:super.

6. 6

   Variant of superhiveClipping of superhive.

   There may be thirty to fifty supers in every outyard, and we have only about half an hour to get them off the hives, stacked and covered before the bees get really cross about what we are doing.

7. 7

   Variant of superintendentinformalClipping of superintendent, especially, a building's resident manager (sometimes clarified as “building super”).

8. 8

   Variant of supernaturalistClipping of supernaturalist, especially as distinguished from bright.

   For quotations using this term, see Citations:super.

9. 9

   Variant of supernumeraryClipping of supernumerary; (theater) specifically, a supernumerary actor.

   For this scene, a large number of supers are engaged, and in order to further swell the crowd, practically all the available stage hands have to ‘walk on’ dressed in various coloured dominoes, and all wearing masks.

   The piece was gave by a bunch o’ supers the time I went. I’d like to see it with a real cast. They say it’s a whiz when it’s acted right.

10. 10

    Variant of supertankerClipping of supertanker.

    That is a lot of ship, about the size of big tankers before they grew so rapidly to become supers, mammoths and oilbergs.

11. 11

    Variant of supervisorClipping of supervisor.

verb

1. 1

   Variant of superhiveClipping of superhive.

   The question is: when is the best time to super?

2. 2

   Variant of superimposeClipping of superimpose.

   Even running a supered "Re-enactment" caption for a few seconds is poor policy, he feels […]

Forms

plural

supers

past tense

supered

past participle

supered

present participle

supering

third person singular

supers