super
/ˈsupɚ/
Word Rarity
Common
Frequency: Zipf frequency 5.08 in modern English
7
Scrabble Score
5
Letters
2
Syllables
5
Unique Chars
Meaning
Example Sentences
- "The party was super awesome."
- "The job is super interesting for a person who enjoys a hardware environment and communicating with people."
- "“The best people are staying, so I’m not super worried,” he tweeted."
- "I super don't care about that."
- "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."
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *úp Proto-Indo-European *-er Proto-Indo-European *upér Proto-Italic *super Latin super Latin super-lbor. English super- English super From super- (prefix), from Middle English super-, from Latin super-, from super (“above”). Doublet of over and hyper.
Origin
Word Breakdown
- Root: super-
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ˈsupɚ/
- British English: /ˈsuːpə/
Usage
- Colloquial
- Australian usage
- New Zealand usage
- Informal
- Slang
- American usage
- Obsolete
Subject
Wiktionary places this term in Finance.