super

su•per

[[t]ˈsu pər[/t]] n.

1) cvb inf a superintendent, esp. of an apartment house

2) a supernumerary

3) a supervisor

4) an article of a superior quality, grade, size, etc

5) ent (in beekeeping) the portion of a hive in which honey is stored

6) of the highest degree, power, etc.:

a super council[/ex]

7) of an extreme or excessive degree:

super haste[/ex]

8) inf very good; first-rate; excellent

9) cvb sts very; extremely or excessively:

super cooperative[/ex]

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Etymology: 1855–65; independent use of super- (construed as an adj. or adv.), or shortening of words prefixed with it