super

«super» in Mova's school dictionary: very good or excellent (informal) — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 3 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

adjective (informal); adverb (informal: super easy); prefix (super-); noun (a super — short for superintendent or superannuation)

meaning for a pupil

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 →

sense 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 the corpora

• An adverb describes a verb, an adjective or another adverb: she ran quickly, very tall, super fun.
• Super glue sticks skin together in seconds and can even glue eyelids, so only an adult uses it.
• C'est is ce plus est squashed together and means "it is" or "that is": C'est super !

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «super» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.