Meaning of super | Babel Free

Definitions

1. In any of various contexts, a specifically named instance of a super, such as a particular superintendent, supervisor, or super-weapon.
2. Clipping of superannuation.
   Australia, New-Zealand, abbreviation, alt-of, clipping, colloquial, informal
3. Clipping of supercomputer.
   abbreviation, alt-of, clipping, colloquial
4. Clipping of superhero.
   abbreviation, alt-of, clipping, colloquial, slang
5. Clipping of superhive.
   abbreviation, alt-of, clipping, colloquial
6. Clipping of superintendent, especially, a building's resident manager (sometimes clarified as “building super”).
   US, abbreviation, alt-of, clipping, colloquial, informal
7. Clipping of supernaturalist, especially as distinguished from bright.
   abbreviation, alt-of, clipping, colloquial, neologism
8. Clipping of supernumerary; (theater) specifically, a supernumerary actor.
   abbreviation, alt-of, clipping, colloquial
9. Clipping of supertanker.
   abbreviation, alt-of, clipping, colloquial
10. Clipping of supervisor.
    abbreviation, alt-of, clipping, colloquial
11. A superimposed caption or image.
    colloquial

Equivalents

Examples

“Jane looked forward⟳ to collecting a large super payout when she retired.”

““I want⟳ to make⟳ it clear, compassionate release⟳ of super should only be considered as a last⟳ resort, where all other options of paying for the eligible expenses have⟳ been exhausted,” she said.”

“The performances and cost⟳ ranges of three classes of commercial supercomputers are given in Table 2.1. The full-scale supers are the most expensive class, represented by Cray, ETA, and Fujitsu systems, for example.”

“For quotations using this term, see⟳ Citations:super.”

“There may be thirty to fifty supers in every outyard, and we have⟳ only about half an hour to get⟳ them off the hives, stacked and covered before the bees get⟳ really cross about what we are doing.”

“For this scene, a large number⟳ of supers are engaged, and in order⟳ to further swell the crowd, practically all the available stage⟳ hands have⟳ to ‘walk⟳ on’ dressed in various coloured dominoes, and all wearing masks.”

“The piece was gave by a bunch o’ supers the time I went. I’d like⟳ to see⟳ it with a real cast⟳. They say⟳ it’s a whiz when it’s acted right.”

“That is a lot of ship, about the size of big tankers before they grew so rapidly to become⟳ supers, mammoths and oilbergs.”

“Supers are superimposed words that run⟳ across the TV screen and provide⟳ information such as the names of interview subjects. The newsroom sends a printed list of these supers to Perry.”

“You better call⟳ the Super if you want⟳ your repairs done [the specific superintendent in the implicit context of a specific apartment building; parallel with "President" versus "president"]”

“Teller and Oppenheimer discussing the feasibility of the Super [super atomic bomb, i.e., as later known, the hydrogen bomb]”

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