--- title: S — The English dictionary with trees and pragmatics · page 117 description: The 2316 words of the English dictionary under S, every meaning for a pupil and every example with its dependency tree and pragmatics. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/S/page/117/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [dictionaries](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/) / [English dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/) / S # S — The English dictionary · page 117 [A](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/A/) · [B](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/B/) · [C](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/C/) · [D](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/D/) · [E](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/E/) · [F](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/F/) · [G](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/G/) · [H](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/H/) · [I](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/I/) · [J](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/J/) · [K](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/K/) · [L](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/L/) · [M](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/M/) · [N](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/N/) · [O](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/O/) · [P](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/P/) · [Q](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/Q/) · [R](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/R/) · [S](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/S/) · [T](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/T/) · [U](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/U/) · [V](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/V/) · [W](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/W/) · [X](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/X/) · [Y](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/Y/) · [Z](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/Z/) [1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/S/) … [116](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/S/page/116/) **117** [118](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/S/page/118/) … [127](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/S/page/127/) **super** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Super means very good or excellent (informal).[↗](../../super/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Super means very or extremely: «super fast».[↗](../../super/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* The prefix super- means above, more than or bigger than, as in superhero, supermarket, superstar.[↗](../../super/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* Super is short for superintendent, or in Australia and New Zealand for superannuation (savings for when you are old).[↗](../../super/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* That's a super drawing\![↗](../../super/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The test was super easy.[↗](../../super/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Superman is a famous superhero.[↗](../../super/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · We had a super time at the beach.[↗](../../super/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The new car is super fast.[↗](../../super/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · We buy our food at the supermarket.[↗](../../super/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · A supermoon looks bigger and brighter.[↗](../../super/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · D. (filii Dior) super 32 Semitis Sapientiae, a quibus liber Yezirah incipit.[↗](../../super/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") (Sefer Yetzirah, Kalisch 1877)[↗](../../super/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · "Id est Liber Jezirah, qui Abrahamos, Patriarchæ adscribitur, unacum Commentario Rabi Abraham F.D. super 32 semitis Sapientiæ, a quibus Liber Jezirah incipit: Translatus et notis illustratus a Joanne Stephano Rittangelio Ling.[↗](../../super/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1893)[↗](../../super/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") **superb** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Extremely good; excellent.[↗](../../superb/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Very grand and beautiful to look at.[↗](../../superb/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* What a superb drawing of the dragon\![↗](../../superb/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The goalkeeper made a superb save in the last minute.[↗](../../superb/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · From the top of the hill there was a superb view of the lake.[↗](../../superb/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Your spelling test was superb — full marks.[↗](../../superb/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The castle stands in superb grounds with gardens and a maze.[↗](../../superb/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · She sang superbly at the school concert.[↗](../../superb/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · The old bike is still in superb condition.[↗](../../superb/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · For seven days the whole nation mourned, and then the ashes of the princess were buried with great pomp, and a superb tomb was raised over her.[↗](../../superb/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") **supercilious** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Supercilious means proud and looking down on others, as if they were not worth noticing.[↗](../../supercilious/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The tall Rocket looked supercilious.[↗](../../supercilious/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Don't be so supercilious with your friends.[↗](../../supercilious/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") **superficial** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A superficial wound or damage is only on the surface and not deep or serious: a superficial cut.[↗](../../superficial/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Superficial means only looking at the outside or the obvious parts, not thinking deeply: a superficial reading of the text.[↗](../../superficial/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* A superficial person cares mostly about looks and unimportant things, not deep feelings or ideas.[↗](../../superficial/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* A superficial likeness is one that seems the same at first but is different underneath.[↗](../../superficial/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* It was only a superficial cut.[↗](../../superficial/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The car had superficial damage to its paint.[↗](../../superficial/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Your answer is a bit superficial; explain your reasons.[↗](../../superficial/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Don't be superficial and judge people by their trainers.[↗](../../superficial/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Dolphins and sharks have a superficial likeness.[↗](../../superficial/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The storm caused only superficial damage.[↗](../../superficial/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · He had a superficial knowledge of football.[↗](../../superficial/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **superficially** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Superficially means only on the surface or at first look, not deeply: «They look superficially alike».[↗](../../superficially/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Superficially can mean done quickly and carelessly, without real thought or care.[↗](../../superficially/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* (medical) Superficially injured means hurt only on the skin, not deep inside.[↗](../../superficially/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Bats and birds are superficially alike, but bats are mammals.[↗](../../superficially/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · He read the chapter only superficially and missed the main point.[↗](../../superficially/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The driver was superficially injured, with just a few scratches.[↗](../../superficially/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The twins look superficially the same but act very differently.[↗](../../superficially/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The problem was fixed superficially, so it came back.[↗](../../superficially/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Superficially, the plan looked good.[↗](../../superficially/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **superfluous** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Superfluous means more than is needed, extra and not necessary.[↗](../../superfluous/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *e.g.* "Cut the superfluous words from your sentence."[↗](../../superfluous/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (formal) Superfluous can mean not wanted or useful, so a person may feel superfluous when they are not needed.[↗](../../superfluous/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Delete any superfluous words from your story.[↗](../../superfluous/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The extra decorations were superfluous.[↗](../../superfluous/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The problem had superfluous information about the colour of the bus.[↗](../../superfluous/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Packing three umbrellas seems superfluous.[↗](../../superfluous/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · With two helpers already, I felt superfluous.[↗](../../superfluous/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · His long speech had a lot of superfluous detail.[↗](../../superfluous/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Shoes inside a swimming pool are superfluous.[↗](../../superfluous/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · \[457\] A few lines are here omitted as being superfluous.[↗](../../superfluous/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") **superfood** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A superfood is a food that people say is extra healthy because it has lots of vitamins, minerals or other good things in it, like blueberries, kale or salmon.[↗](../../superfood/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* It is mostly a word used in adverts and magazines, not a scientific term.[↗](../../superfood/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Mum says blueberries are a superfood.[↗](../../superfood/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The café sells a green superfood smoothie.[↗](../../superfood/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Our teacher said there's no magic superfood; you need a mix of foods.[↗](../../superfood/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Kale was called a superfood in the magazine.[↗](../../superfood/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The advert claimed the seeds were a superfood that would make you clever.[↗](../../superfood/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Salmon is often called a superfood because of its healthy oils.[↗](../../superfood/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · We made posters about real healthy eating, not just superfoods.[↗](../../superfood/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **supergiant** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* (science) A supergiant is one of the biggest and brightest kinds of star, many times larger and heavier than our Sun.[↗](../../supergiant/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (adjective, informal) Supergiant can mean enormous: a supergiant shark in a film.[↗](../../supergiant/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Betelgeuse is a red supergiant in the constellation Orion.[↗](../../supergiant/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · A supergiant can be hundreds of times wider than the Sun.[↗](../../supergiant/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · When a supergiant dies, it can explode as a supernova.[↗](../../supergiant/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Rigel is a blue supergiant, very hot and bright.[↗](../../supergiant/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Our Sun will never become a supergiant; it is too small.[↗](../../supergiant/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · If a red supergiant replaced the Sun, it would swallow the inner planets.[↗](../../supergiant/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Supergiants live much shorter lives than small stars.[↗](../../supergiant/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **superhero** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A superhero is a character in comics, films or stories who has special powers, like flying or great strength, and uses them to fight evil and help people.[↗](../../superhero/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Informally, a superhero is a real person who does something very brave or helpful.[↗](../../superhero/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* My favourite superhero can fly and turn invisible.[↗](../../superhero/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · He dressed up as a superhero for the school parade.[↗](../../superhero/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Design your own superhero and draw their costume.[↗](../../superhero/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Every superhero has a weakness.[↗](../../superhero/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Firefighters are real-life superheroes.[↗](../../superhero/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The superhero saved the city from the flood.[↗](../../superhero/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Many superheroes hide their real names.[↗](../../superhero/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **superhuman** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Superhuman means greater than an ordinary person can manage: superhuman strength or effort.[↗](../../superhuman/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The hero lifted the rock with superhuman strength.[↗](../../superhuman/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · It took a superhuman effort to finish the race.[↗](../../superhuman/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") **superintend** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* To superintend is to watch over and manage a job or people, making sure it is done properly.[↗](../../superintend/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The mother superintended the household.[↗](../../superintend/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Mr Brown superintended the building work.[↗](../../superintend/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") **superior** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Better in quality or more skilled than others: superior goods.[↗](../../superior/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Higher in rank or position: a superior officer.[↗](../../superior/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* Behaving as if you are better than others: a superior smile.[↗](../../superior/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* Noun: a person of higher rank, like a boss.[↗](../../superior/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 5:* (science, anatomy) Higher up or above, as in the superior vena cava.[↗](../../superior/#m5 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 6:* Mother Superior: the head of a convent.[↗](../../superior/#m6 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* This glue is superior to the cheap one.[↗](../../superior/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The soldier saluted his superior officer.[↗](../../superior/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · She gave a superior smile and walked off.[↗](../../superior/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Our team had superior skill and won easily.[↗](../../superior/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Report problems to your superior.[↗](../../superior/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Lake Superior is the largest of the Great Lakes.[↗](../../superior/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · The instrument had a superior tone and delighted all who heard it.[↗](../../superior/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · The vowel letters, however, the letters of the Tetra- grammaton, are images and pictures of superior angels.[↗](../../superior/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") (Mordell, The Origin of Letters and Numerals according to Sefer Yetzirah (1914))[↗](../../superior/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") **superiority** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Superiority is being better, stronger or higher in quality than others.[↗](../../superiority/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Superiority is also acting as if you are better than other people, which is unkind and annoying.[↗](../../superiority/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Their team's superiority was clear by half-time.[↗](../../superiority/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · She spoke with an air of superiority that upset her friends.[↗](../../superiority/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The army had superiority in numbers.[↗](../../superiority/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · No group of people has superiority over another because of skin colour.[↗](../../superiority/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The new phone's superiority is its long battery life.[↗](../../superiority/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · His sense of superiority made him hard to like.[↗](../../superiority/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · They soon began to boast of their respective superiority to each other in strength and prowess.[↗](../../superiority/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · The purpose of the author was to e ..pliiisizc the superiority of alphabetic writing over the non-alphabetic writing (ideographic and syllabic) used by all the nations of antiquity, and even now by a great portion of mankind.[↗](../../superiority/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") (Mordell, The Origin of Letters and Numerals according to Sefer Yetzirah (1914))[↗](../../superiority/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") **superlative** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* (grammar) A superlative is the form of an adjective or adverb that shows the most or least: biggest, fastest, most beautiful, best, worst.[↗](../../superlative/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (formal) Superlative means extremely good, of the highest quality: a superlative performance.[↗](../../superlative/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* (noun) Superlatives can also be words of very high praise.[↗](../../superlative/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *e.g.* "The review was full of superlatives."[↗](../../superlative/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* "Tallest" is the superlative of "tall".[↗](../../superlative/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The superlative of "good" is "best".[↗](../../superlative/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Use "the" before a superlative: the fastest runner.[↗](../../superlative/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The chef cooked a superlative meal.[↗](../../superlative/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The critics ran out of superlatives to describe the show.[↗](../../superlative/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Find the superlative: "Mount Everest is the highest mountain on Earth."[↗](../../superlative/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · "Most exciting" is a superlative made with "most".[↗](../../superlative/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · These ten Sephiroth which are, moreover, ineffable, have their end even as their beginning, conjoined, even as is a flame to a burning coal: for our God is superlative in his unity, and does not permit any second one.[↗](../../superlative/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1887)[↗](../../superlative/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") **supermarket** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A supermarket is a big shop where you can buy food, drinks and many other things for the home, taking them from shelves and paying at a checkout.[↗](../../supermarket/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Mom bought 6 eggs at the supermarket.[↗](../../supermarket/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The supermarket sells apples for 50 cents each.[↗](../../supermarket/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The supermarket has 12 rows of shelves.[↗](../../supermarket/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · He spent 25 dollars at the supermarket.[↗](../../supermarket/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Pass me a trolley, please.[↗](../../supermarket/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The milk is in the last aisle of the supermarket.[↗](../../supermarket/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Pay at the checkout.[↗](../../supermarket/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · The supermarket has a special offer: three for two.[↗](../../supermarket/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") **supernal** — *In Jewish tradition, meaning 1:* Belonging to a higher, heavenly world; very high and divine.[↗](../../supernal/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* In IHV note that Yod corresponds to the Father ; Heh to Binah, the Supernal Mother ; and Vau to the Microprosopus — Son .[↗](../../supernal/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1893)[↗](../../supernal/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") **supernatural** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Seeming to come from beyond the natural world, not explained by science, like ghosts, magic or spirits.[↗](../../supernatural/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (the supernatural) All things of this kind: ghosts, spells, monsters and spirits.[↗](../../supernatural/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The story is about a house with supernatural visitors.[↗](../../supernatural/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The hero had supernatural powers and could fly.[↗](../../supernatural/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Scientists look for natural causes, not supernatural ones.[↗](../../supernatural/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Do you believe in the supernatural?[↗](../../supernatural/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The old legend tells of a supernatural creature in the lake.[↗](../../supernatural/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The noise wasn't supernatural — it was just the wind in the pipes.[↗](../../supernatural/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Halloween stories are full of supernatural beings.[↗](../../supernatural/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · Their supernatural foe is a small gnome with a very long beard.[↗](../../supernatural/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · It tends to be used of things that are marvelous, miraculous, or otherwise supernatural and extraordinary, i.e. that which defies the human ability to do or understand and must therefore be divine, e.g. \[Deuteronomy 28:59\], \[Psalm 118:23\], \[Psalm 139:6\].[↗](../../supernatural/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") (Sefer Yetzirah, Sefaria community translation)[↗](../../supernatural/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") **supernova** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A supernova is a gigantic explosion of a star at the end of its life, which can shine brighter than a whole galaxy for a short time.[↗](../../supernova/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* A supernova is the explosion of a huge star.[↗](../../supernova/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The Crab Nebula is left over from a supernova.[↗](../../supernova/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Supernovae make heavy elements like gold.[↗](../../supernova/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · For a few weeks the supernova outshone its galaxy.[↗](../../supernova/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Our Sun is too small to become a supernova.[↗](../../supernova/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Astronomers spotted a new supernova in a distant galaxy.[↗](../../supernova/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **superpower** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A very powerful country with great military and economic strength that has a big influence over the world.[↗](../../superpower/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* An amazing power beyond normal humans, like flying or being invisible, that a superhero has.[↗](../../superpower/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* (informal) A special talent or something you are very good at.[↗](../../superpower/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* If you could have any superpower, what would it be?[↗](../../superpower/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Superman's superpowers include flying and super strength.[↗](../../superpower/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · After a great war, two countries became superpowers.[↗](../../superpower/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · (informal) My mum's superpower is finding lost socks.[↗](../../superpower/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · A superpower has a lot of influence in the world.[↗](../../superpower/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · In the story, the girl discovered she had a superpower.[↗](../../superpower/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · (informal) Kindness is your superpower.[↗](../../superpower/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **supersede** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* (formal) To supersede something is to take its place because it is newer or better, so the old thing is no longer used.[↗](../../supersede/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Cars superseded horse-drawn carts.[↗](../../supersede/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The new timetable supersedes the old one.[↗](../../supersede/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Smartphones have superseded many cameras.[↗](../../supersede/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Electric lights superseded gas lamps.[↗](../../supersede/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Einstein's ideas did not throw out Newton's laws, but in some cases they superseded them.[↗](../../supersede/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The new rules supersede everything in last year's handbook.[↗](../../supersede/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Streaming has superseded DVDs for many families.[↗](../../supersede/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **superstar** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A superstar is an extremely famous and successful singer, actor, sports player or other performer.[↗](../../superstar/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (informal) A superstar is someone who is brilliant at something or who has done a great job: «You're a superstar for helping!».[↗](../../superstar/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The singer became a superstar after her first album.[↗](../../superstar/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · He is a football superstar who plays for England.[↗](../../superstar/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Thanks for tidying up — you're a superstar\![↗](../../superstar/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Many superstars started as ordinary kids.[↗](../../superstar/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The superstar signed autographs for her fans.[↗](../../superstar/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · In our class, everyone is a superstar at something.[↗](../../superstar/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **superstition** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A superstition is a belief that some action or object brings good or bad luck, even though there is no real reason or proof for it.[↗](../../superstition/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Superstition is believing in such things.[↗](../../superstition/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* It's a superstition that black cats bring bad luck.[↗](../../superstition/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Some people think breaking a mirror gives seven years of bad luck — that's a superstition.[↗](../../superstition/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · My grandma has lots of old superstitions.[↗](../../superstition/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Footballers often have superstitions, like wearing lucky socks.[↗](../../superstition/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Science tests ideas; superstition doesn't.[↗](../../superstition/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Is it true or just a superstition?[↗](../../superstition/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Many hotels have no room 13 because of superstition.[↗](../../superstition/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · Superstition made her alternately shudder with cold or burn with the heat of fever.[↗](../../superstition/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") [1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/S/) … 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