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super-
(SOO-per)above or beyond
Latin for above. Superman is above-human; supersonic is faster than sound.
prefixLatin
Place & directionSpellings:supersuprasur
Example words
supervise
to watch over
supersonic
faster than the speed of sound
superhuman
beyond what a human can do
Words in our dictionary that use this root
Every dataset word containing super-, with the parts it shares with other roots in our set.
supervise
to watch over
survive
to live through something
supersonic
faster than the speed of sound
superhuman
beyond what a human can do
Who it is for
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