- super.
- 1. superintendent.2. superior.
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su|per «SOO puhr», noun, adjective, verb.–n.1. Informal. a superintendent, especially of an apartment house or office building.2. Informal. an extra person or thing; supernumerary.4. Commerce. goods of extremely fine quality, superior grade, or very large size.5. a thin, starched cotton of open weave used in reinforcing books: »On most sewed books, the machine glues a strip of reinforcing mesh fabric, called super, to the rounded backbone. This super is about two inches wider than the thickness of the book (Frank B. Myrick).
6. = superhive. (Cf. ↑superhive)–adj. Slang.–v.t.to inforce (books) with super.╂[< super-]prefix.4. surpassing: »Supernatural = surpassing the natural.
╂[< Latin super, adverb, preposition]super.,1. superfine.2. superior.* * *
abbr.■ superintendent■ superior
Useful english dictionary. 2012.