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superordinate adjective /ˌsuːpərˈɔːdɪnət/ /ˌsuːpərˈɔːrdɪnət/ [only before noun] jump to other results - used to describe a word, category or level with a more general meaning, greater range or higher level than something else
- (linguistics) ‘Vehicle’ is semantically more general than ‘bus’, being the superordinate term of bus.
compare subordinate (2)
superordinate noun /ˌsuːpərˈɔːdɪnət/ /ˌsuːpərˈɔːrdɪnət/ (also hypernym) (linguistics) jump to other results - a word with a general meaning that includes the meanings of other particular words, for example ‘fruit’ is the superordinate of ‘apple’, ‘orange’, etc. compare hyponym
Word Originearly 17th cent.: from super- ‘above’, on the pattern of subordinate.
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