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# superhero

«superhero» in Mova's school dictionary: **a character in comics, films or stories who has special…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

noun (a superhero, superheroes)

### meaning for a pupil

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

2) Informally, a superhero is a real person who does something very brave or helpful. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/superhero/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

In stories and play, children love superheroes with capes, masks and secret identities. In writing lessons, pupils invent their own superhero with powers and a weakness. In everyday life, nurses, firefighters and parents are called «everyday superheroes». Phrases: «superhero costume», «superhero powers».

### examples

- My favourite superhero can fly and turn invisible. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/superhero/#x1)
- He dressed up as a superhero for the school parade. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/superhero/#x2)
- Design your own superhero and draw their costume. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/superhero/#x3)
- Every superhero has a weakness. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/superhero/#x4)
- Firefighters are real-life superheroes. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/superhero/#x5)
- The superhero saved the city from the flood. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/superhero/#x6)
- Many superheroes hide their real names. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/superhero/#x7)

### note

Countable noun, one word; plural «superheroes» (with -es). «Super» means above or more than. Superheroes are made-up; real people cannot fly or jump off roofs, so never copy dangerous stunts.

### Trees and pragmatics

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