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Found 5 hits - Term: super-, Database: *, Strategy: exact
[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
super \su"per\, n.
   a contraction of supernumerary, in sense 2. theatrical
   cant
   1913 webster
see also:
supernumerary 
[2] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
super- \su"per-\ l. super over, above; akin to gr. ?, l. sub
   under, and e. over. see over, and cf. hyper-, sub-,
   supra-, sur-.
   1. a prefix signifying above, over, beyond, and hence often
      denoting in a superior position, in excess, over and
      above, in addition, exceedingly; as in superimpose,
      supersede, supernatural, superabundance.
      1913 webster

   2. chem. a prefix formerly much used to denote that the
      ingredient to the name of which it was prefixed was
      present in a large, or unusually large, proportion as
      compared with the other ingredients; as in calcium
      superphosphate. it has been superseded by per-, bi-, di-,
      acid, etc. as peroxide, bicarbonate, disulphide, and acid
      sulphate, which retain the old meanings of super-, but
      with sharper definition. cf. acid, a., bi-, di-, and
      per-.
      1913 webster
see also:
over hyper- sub- supra- sur- acid 
bi- di- per- 
[3] : WordNet (r) 2.0
super
     adj 1: of the highest quality; "an ace reporter"; "a crack shot";
            "a first-rate golfer"; "a super party"; "played
            top-notch tennis"; "an athlete in tiptop condition";
            "she is absolutely tops" syn: ace, a-one, crack,
             first-rate, tiptop, topnotch, topsp
     2: including more than a specified category; "a super
        experiment"
     3: extremely large; "another super skyscraper"
     n : a caretaker for an apartment house; represents the owner as
         janitor and rent collector syn: superintendent
     adv : to an extreme degree; "the house was super clean for
           mother's visit" syn: extremely
see also:
ace a-one crack first-rate tiptop topnotch 
topsp superintendent extremely 
[4] : Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
133 moby thesaurus words for "super":
   big brother, a cut above, above, ahead, ascendant, auditor, better,
   bit player, boatswain, boss, capping, chief, chosen, comptroller,
   controller, cool, crown, damned, distinguished, divine, duodecimo,
   eclipsing, eighteenmo, eminent, exceeding, exceedingly, excellent,
   excelling, exceptionally, excessively, exquisite, extra, extremely,
   figurant, figurante, finer, floor manager, floorman, floorwalker,
   folio, foreman, gaffer, ganger, gilt-edged, glorious, golden,
   greater, groovy, head, headman, heavenly, higher, highly, hot,
   hugely, immense, immensely, imperial, in ascendancy,
   in the ascendant, inordinately, inspector, keen, magnificent,
   major, marked, marvelous, medium, monitor, mute, neat,
   noncommissioned officer, octavo, octodecimo, of choice, one up on,
   outstanding, over, overfull, overly, overman, overmuch, overseer,
   proctor, quarto, rare, rattling, rivaling, royal, sensational,
   sextodecimo, sirdar, sixteenmo, slave driver, spear-carrier,
   splendid, splendiferous, stand-in, standby, sterling, straw boss,
   strikingly, subforeman, substitute, supe, superb, supereminent,
   superexcellent, superfine, superintendent, superior, supernumerary,
   supervisor, support, supporting actor, supporting cast, surpassing,
   surpassingly, surveyor, taskmaster, terrific, too, topping,
   transcending, tremendous, twelvemo, understudy, unduly, upper,
   visitor, walk-on, walking gentleman, wonderful




[5] : The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (27 SEP 03)
super
     
        the successor to loglisp, based on lnf.
     
        "new generation knowledge processing: final report on the
        super system", j alan robinson et al, case center tr 8707,
        syracuse u, 1987.
     
        1994-11-24
     
     
see also:
loglisp lnf 

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