| word | superlative |
|---|---|
| definition | Supreme, excellent. |
| eg_sentence | The new restaurant turned out to be an elegant place, and we all agreed that the food and wine were superlative. |
| explanation | Superlative may sound high-flown when compared with a synonym like outstanding, but if your next paper comes back from your teacher with the comment “Superlative work!” at the top you probably won't complain. Since superlative means “best, greatest,” it makes sense that superlative is also a term used in grammar for the highest degree of comparison. So for the adjective simple, for example, the comparative form is simpler and the superlative form is simplest; and for the adverb boldly, the comparative form is more boldly and the superlative is most boldly |
| IPA | sʊˈpərlətɪv |
Tags: mwvb::unit:27, mwvb::unit:27:word, mwvb::word, mwvb::word-cloze, mwvb::word-reverse, obsidian_to_anki
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