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# 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 →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/super/#m1)

2) Super means very or extremely: «super fast». [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/super/#m2)

3) The prefix super- means above, more than or bigger than, as in superhero, supermarket, superstar. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/super/#m3)

4) Super is short for superintendent, or in Australia and New Zealand for superannuation (savings for when you are old). [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/super/#m4)

### 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 →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/super/#x1)
- The test was super easy. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/super/#x2)
- Superman is a famous superhero. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/super/#x3)
- We had a super time at the beach. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/super/#x4)
- The new car is super fast. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/super/#x5)
- We buy our food at the supermarket. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/super/#x6)
- A supermoon looks bigger and brighter. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/super/#x7)

### 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.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/english/27-word-classes-the-jobs-words-do/23/)
- [Super glue sticks skin together in seconds and can even glue eyelids, so only an adult uses it.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/245-crafts-scissors-glue-and-paint/7/)
- [C'est is ce plus est squashed together and means "it is" or "that is": C'est super !](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/french/28-etre-to-be/14/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «super» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/super/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.