Superb Meaning
/suːˈpɜːb/Definition, CEFR level B2, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.
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Definition
adjFirst-rate; of the highest quality; exceptionally good.
adjGrand; magnificent; august; stately.
Sentence Examples
This is a superb illustration of how Emmet modified the traditional architectural designs.
His taste in music is superb.
That museum has a superb collection of Celtic era cultural artifacts.
CEFR Practice Quiz
The artist's ____ painting of a sunset won the first prize at the exhibition.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
The orchestra gave a ____ performance of the symphony that left the entire audience in absolute awe today.
Word Origin & History
Etymology tree Latin superbuslbor. English superb Learned borrowing from Latin superbus.
Literary Quotations & Historical Citations
"Captain Edward Carlisle[…]felt a curious sensation of helplessness seize upon him as he met her steady gaze,[…]; he could not tell what this prisoner might do. He cursed the fate which had assigned such a duty, cursed especially that fate which forced a gallant soldier to meet so superb a woman as this under handicap so hard."
— 1910, Emerson Hough, chapter I, in The Purchase Price: Or The Cause of Compromise, Indianapolis, Ind.: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, →OCLC:
"The hundredodd pages of photographs provide superb iconography of artistic collaboration and its rewards."
— 1975 May 4, Dale Harris, “Merce Cunningham”, in The New York Times, archived from the original on 26 Apr 2024:
"A remark which Isabella received with a superb curl of the lip, but at the same time, and to her brother's infinite relief, she walked away."
— 1858, Julia Kavanagh, Adèle, a Tale: Volume 2, page 235:
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CEFR Practice Quiz
The artist's ____ painting of a sunset won the first prize at the exhibition.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
The orchestra gave a ____ performance of the symphony that left the entire audience in absolute awe today.