super

Everyday

1. Super means very good or excellent (informal). tree →
2. Super means very or extremely: «super fast». tree →
3. The prefix super- means above, more than or bigger than, as in superhero, supermarket, superstar. tree →
4. Super is short for superintendent, or in Australia and New Zealand for superannuation (savings for when you are old). tree →

In the lessons

In everyday speech and praise «super!» means great. In word study super- helps you work out meanings: a superhero is more than a normal hero. Phrases: «super cool», «Super Bowl», «super moon», «Super Mario».

Examples

• That's a super drawing! tree →
• The test was super easy. tree →
• Superman is a famous superhero. tree →
• We had a super time at the beach. tree →
• The new car is super fast. tree →
• We buy our food at the supermarket. tree →
• A supermoon looks bigger and brighter. tree →

Note

Informal; in formal writing use «excellent» or «very». «Super-» words: supermarket, supersonic (faster than sound), superpower, superstar. It is a fragment in many long words.

In Jewish tradition

In everyday speech and praise «super!» means great. In word study super- helps you work out meanings: a superhero is more than a normal hero. Phrases: «super cool», «Super Bowl», «super moon», «Super Mario».

Examples

• D. (filii Dior) super 32 Semitis Sapientiae, a quibus liber Yezirah incipit. (Sefer Yetzirah, Kalisch 1877) tree →
• "Id est Liber Jezirah, qui Abrahamos, Patriarchæ adscribitur, unacum Commentario Rabi Abraham F.D. super 32 semitis Sapientiæ, a quibus Liber Jezirah incipit: Translatus et notis illustratus a Joanne Stephano Rittangelio Ling. (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1893) tree →

Note

Informal; in formal writing use «excellent» or «very». «Super-» words: supermarket, supersonic (faster than sound), superpower, superstar. It is a fragment in many long words.