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superordinate

superordinate adjective: greater in degree, rank or position.

Adjective

superordinate (comparative more superordinate, superlative most superordinate)

  1. Greater in degree, rank or position.
  2. The relation of a universal proposition to a specific proposition of the same form with the universal quantified variable replaced by a specific instance.
  3. hypernymic

Noun

superordinate (plural superordinates)

  1. That which is superordinate.
    1. Synonym of hypernym.
      • Seventy-two subjects attempted to recall the object nouns of seven once-exposed sentences given as retrieval cues the subject noun of each sentence and four other words related to the subject noun. The related cues were a remote superordinate, a close superordinate, a remote cohyponym, and a close...1972 December 1, Richard C. Anderson, “Semantic organization and retrieval of information from sentences”, in Journal of Verbal Learning and Verbal Behavior, volume 11, number 6, →DOI, pages 794-800

Verb

superordinate (third-person singular simple present superordinates, present participle superordinating, simple past and past participle superordinated)

  1. (transitive) To cause to be superordinate.

superordinate meaning in Tamil

superordinate in Tamil

மேம்பட்ட பதவித் தரத்தினர், மேம்பட்ட தரத்தினர், பதவித்தர மேம்பட்ட, வாசக இனமுழுமைத்தொடர்புடைய, மேம்பட்ட தரத்திரனராக்கு

Synonyms of superordinate

Antonyms

Forms of superordinate

Adjective
comparativemore superordinate
superlativemost superordinate
Noun
pluralsuperordinates
Verb
third-person singular presentsuperordinates
present participlesuperordinating
past participlesuperordinated
pastsuperordinated

Words formed from superordinate

Phrases with superordinate

Questions about superordinate

What does superordinate mean?
Superordinate means greater in degree, rank or position.
What is superordinate in Tamil?
Superordinate in Tamil is மேம்பட்ட பதவித் தரத்தினர், மேம்பட்ட தரத்தினர், பதவித்தர மேம்பட்ட. See Superordinate meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is superordinate?
Superordinate can be an adjective, a noun or a verb.

Words near superordinate in the dictionary

  1. superorbital
  2. superorder
  3. superorders
  4. superordinal
  5. superordinary
  6. superordinate
  7. superordinate clause
  8. superordinate clauses
  9. superordinated
  10. superordinately
  11. superordinates

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Adapted from Wiktionary: superordinate (page history and authors); superordinate (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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