super

  1. Adjective.  Of excellent quality, superfine.
  2. Adjective.  better than average, better than usual; wonderful.
  3. Adverb.  (informal) Very; extremely (used like the prefix ''super-'').
  4. Noun.  (informal, Northeastern US) Abbreviation of superintendent in the sense of a building's resident manager, sometimes clarified as "building super".
  5. Noun.  (Australia, New Zealand) Short form of superannuation, the Australian/New Zealand retirement benefits or pension scheme.
  6. Noun.  (beekeeping) An empty box placed above the existing boxes of the beehive in order to allow the colony to expand or store additional honey.
  7. Verb.  (beekeeping) To add or to place a super atop the existing boxes of the beehive.

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