Super Meaning
/ˈsuːpə/Definition, CEFR level A2, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.
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Definition
adjOf excellent quality, superfine.
adjBetter than average, better than usual; wonderful.
Sentence Examples
Who do you think will win this year's Super Bowl?
He is doing a super job.
I want champagne, and make sure its super bubbly.
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CEFR Practice Quiz
The head chef prepared a ____ three-course meal that impressed the visiting food critics.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
He did a ____ job on the science project, and the teacher gave him the highest grade in the entire class.
Word Origin & History
From super- (prefix), from Middle English super-, from Latin super-, from super (“above”). Doublet of over and hyper.
Literary Quotations & Historical Citations
"The job is super interesting for a person who enjoys a hardware environment and communicating with people."
— 1992 March 14, The Canberra Times, page 9, column 2:
"“The best people are staying, so I’m not super worried,” he tweeted."
— 2022 November 18, Ryan Mac, Mike Isaac, Kellen Browning, quoting Elon Musk, “Elon Musk’s Twitter Teeters on the Edge After Another 1,200 Leave”, in The New York Times, →ISSN:
"“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."
— 2025 October 16, Melissa Davey, “Australians took more than $1.4bn from their super last year for everything from weight loss to dental work”, in The Guardian, Guardian Media Group, →ISSN, →OCLC, retrieved 16 Oct 2025:
"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."
— 1989, Kai Hwang, Doug DeGroot, Parallel processing for supercomputers and artificial intelligence:
"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."
— 1983, Sue Hubbell, A Country Year: Living the Questions, Boston, MA: Mariner Books, published 1999, →ISBN, page 69:
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CEFR Practice Quiz
The head chef prepared a ____ three-course meal that impressed the visiting food critics.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
He did a ____ job on the science project, and the teacher gave him the highest grade in the entire class.