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adjective
- 1. of the highest quality or degree: "a superlative piece of skill"
- 2. (of an adjective or adverb) expressing the highest or a very high degree of a quality (e.g. bravest, most fiercely).
noun
- 1. a superlative adjective or adverb.
- 2. an exaggerated or hyperbolical expression of praise: "the critics ran out of superlatives to describe him"
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Farthest and furthest are superlative adjectives or adverbs. They are the irregular superlative forms of far. We use them to talk about distance. There is no difference in meaning between them. Furthest is more common than farthest: …
1. : of, relating to, or constituting the degree of grammatical comparison that denotes an extreme or unsurpassed level or extent. 2. a. : surpassing all others : supreme. b. : of very high quality : excellent. superlative work. 3.
Superlative definition: of the highest kind, quality, or order; surpassing all else or others; supreme; extreme. See examples of SUPERLATIVE used in a sentence.
Farthest and furthest are superlative adjectives or adverbs. They are the irregular superlative forms of far. We use them to talk about distance. There is no difference in meaning between them. Furthest is more common than farthest: …
superlative. From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English Related topics: Grammar su‧per‧la‧tive1 /suːˈpɜːlətɪv, sjuː- $ sʊˈpɜːr-/ adjective 1 excellent a superlative performance 2 a superlative adjective or adverb expresses the highest degree of a particular quality.
A superlative is the highest attainable level or degree of something. As an adjective superlative means highest in quality. When your history test results are superlative, it means you've gotten a perfect score — you've done as well as can be done, if not better than everyone else.
the form of an adjective or adverb that is used to show that someone or something has more of a particular quality than anyone or anything else. For example ' best ' is the superlative of 'good' and ' slowest ' is the superlative of ' slow '.
In grammar, the superlative form of an adjective or adverb is the form that indicates that something has more of a quality than anything else in a group. For example, ' biggest' is the superlative form of 'big'. Compare comparative.
1. of the highest kind or order. 2. of or designating the highest degree of comparison of adjectives and adverbs, used to show the extreme or greatest in quality, quantity, or intensity, as in smallest, best, and most carefully, the superlative forms of small, good, and carefully.
Definition of superlative adjective in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
