SUPER : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: SUPER	by the DICT Development Group
4 results for SUPER
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
super adv to an extreme degree; "extremely cold"; "extremely unpleasant" Synonym(s): extremely, exceedingly, super, passing adj of the highest quality; "an ace reporter"; "a crack shot"; "a first-rate golfer"; "a super party"; "played top-notch tennis"; "an athlete in tiptop condition"; "she is absolutely tops" Synonym(s): ace, A-one, crack, first-rate, super, tiptop, topnotch, top-notch, tops(p) including more than a specified category; "a super experiment" extremely large; "another super skyscraper" n a caretaker for an apartment house; represents the owner as janitor and rent collector Synonym(s): superintendent, super
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Super- \Su"per-\ [L. super over, above; akin to Gr. [?], L. sub under, and E. over. See {Over}, and cf. {Hyper-}, {Sub-}, {Supra-}, {Sur-}.] 1. A prefix signifying above, over, beyond, and hence often denoting in a superior position, in excess, over and above, in addition, exceedingly; as in superimpose, supersede, supernatural, superabundance. 2. (Chem.) A prefix formerly much used to denote that the ingredient to the name of which it was prefixed was present in a large, or unusually large, proportion as compared with the other ingredients; as in calcium superphosphate. It has been superseded by per-, bi-, di-, acid, etc. (as peroxide, bicarbonate, disulphide, and acid sulphate), which retain the old meanings of super-, but with sharper definition. Cf. {Acid}, a., {Bi-}, {Di-}, and {Per-}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Super \Su"per\, n. A contraction of {Supernumerary}, in sense 2. [Theatrical Cant]
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
SUPER The successor to {LOGLISP}, based on {LNF}. ["New Generation Knowledge Processing: Final Report on the SUPER System", J Alan Robinson et al, CASE Center TR 8707, Syracuse U, 1987]. (1994-11-24)