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Adjective: superordinate  `soo-pur'or-d(u-)nut
  1. Of higher rank or status or value
Noun: superordinate  `soo-pur'or-d(u-)nut
  1. One of greater rank or station or quality
    - superior, higher-up
     
  2. A word that is more generic than a given word
    - hypernym, superordinate word
Verb: superordinate  `soo-pur'or-d(u-)nut
  1. Place in a superior order or rank
    "These two notions are superordinated to a third"

Derived forms: superordinated, superordinating, superordinates

See also: superior

Type of: grade, leader, order, place, range, rank, rate, word

Encyclopedia: Superordinate

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superorder Ratitae
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superordinate word
superordination
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superoxide anion
superoxide dismutase
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superpatriotism
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