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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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the form of an adjective or adverb that expresses that the thing or person being described has more of the particular quality than anything or anyone else of the same type: "Richest" is the superlative of "rich". The magazine article contained so many superlatives that I found it hard to believe that what it was saying was true. Fewer examples.
noun. 1. a. : the superlative degree of comparison in a language. b. : a superlative form of an adjective or adverb.
Superlative definition: of the highest kind, quality, or order; surpassing all else or others; supreme; extreme. See examples of SUPERLATIVE used in a sentence.
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.
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.
Definition of superlative adjective in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
Superlative is a literary device which is usually an adjective or adverb used to distinguish an object from three or more others of its type. Definition, Usage and a list of Superlative Examples in common speech and literature.
