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superlative
UK /suːˈpɜː.lə.tɪv/ US /suˈpɝː.lə.tɪv/
adj 3noun 3
Collocations
3VERB + SUPERLATIVE
brimming, demand, having, made, twist
SUPERLATIVE + NOUN
adjectives, excellence, speech
PREP.
with
Definitions
adj
1
Having the power to carry something or someone above, over or beyond others.
2
Exceptionally good; of the highest quality.
The Governor-General was entertaining at a civil banquet in the evening. He is reported as having made a “superlative speech, congratulating the Victorians on their loyalty; […].”
3
Of or relating to the superlative degree (a degree of comparison of adjectives and adverbs).
noun
1
The extreme (e.g. highest, lowest, deepest, farthest, etc) extent or degree of something.
A twist is accordingly something especially good, and a big twist is the superlative of excellence.
2
The degree of comparison of an adjective or adverb used when comparing three or more entities in terms of a certain property or a certain way of doing something. In English, the superlative of superiority is formed by adding the suffix -est
3
An adjective or adverb in the superlative degree.
Daniel is amazing, wonderful, fantastic, and many other superlatives I can’t think of right now!
Sometimes it feels like there are no more superlatives left. Seriously, what else can be said about this little guy with the No 10 shirt and magic in his feet other than to ask, perhaps, whether there is anyone who wants to persist with the argument that Pelé, or Diego Maradona, or any of the others, have ever played this sport any better?
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The Governor-General was entertaining at a civil banquet in the evening. He is reported as having made a “superlative speech, congratulating the Victorians on their loyalty; […].”
Wiktionary02
A twist is accordingly something especially good, and a big twist is the superlative of excellence.
Wiktionary03
Daniel is amazing, wonderful, fantastic, and many other superlatives I can’t think of right now!
Wiktionary04
Sometimes it feels like there are no more superlatives left. Seriously, what else can be said about this little guy with the No 10 shirt and magic in his feet other than to ask, perhaps, whether there
Wiktionary05
There is in all men a demand for the superlative, so much so that the poor devil who has no other way of reaching it attains it by getting drunk.
Tatoeba · #90700206
Harun's review was brimming with superlative adjectives.
Tatoeba · #8682907Usage Notes
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