SUPERLATIVE meaning: Highest degree of quality expressed

We found 32 dictionaries that define the word superlative:

General (26 matching dictionaries)

superlative: Merriam-Webster.com
superlative, the superlative: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
superlative: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
superlative: Collins English Dictionary
superlative: Vocabulary.com
Superlative, superlative: Wordnik
superlative: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
superlative: Wiktionary
superlative: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
superlative: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
superlative: Infoplease Dictionary
superlative: Dictionary.com
superlative (adj.): Online Etymology Dictionary
superlative: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
Superlative: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
Superlative: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
superlative: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
superlative: Rhymezone
Superlative: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
superlative: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
superlative: Free Dictionary
superlative: Mnemonic Dictionary
superlative: LookWAYup Translating Dictionary/Thesaurus
superlative: Dictionary/thesaurus

Art (2 matching dictionaries)

Superlative: Glossary of English Grammar Terms
Superlative: Lexicon of Linguistics

Business (1 matching dictionary)

superlative: Legal dictionary

Computing (1 matching dictionary)

superlative: Encyclopedia

Medicine (1 matching dictionary)

online medical dictionary (No longer online)

Miscellaneous (1 matching dictionary)

Encyclopedia of Graphic Symbols (No longer online)

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Definitions from Wiktionary (

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▸ noun:  The extreme (e.g. highest, lowest, deepest, farthest, etc) extent or degree of something.
▸ noun:  (grammar) The form of an adjective that expresses which of several items has the highest degree of the quality expressed by the adjective; in English, formed by appending "-est" to the end of the adjective (for some short adjectives only) or putting "most" before it.
▸ noun:  (informal) An adjective used to praise something exceptional.
▸ adjective:  Exceptionally good; of the highest quality; superb.
▸ adjective:  (grammar) Of or relating to a superlative.

Similar:

superior, pinnacle, height, top, elevation, summit, peak, acme, sterling, greatest, more...

Opposite:

worst

Types:

highest, lowest, longest, shortest, thinnest, thickest, fastest, slowest, most, least, more...

Phrases:

superlative degree, absolute superlative, superlative suffix, superlative adjectives, superlative for a holiday sweater, more...

Adjectives:

absolute, double, relative, comparative, solitary, positive, latin, simple, less, single, highest

Colors:

gold, platinum, ruby, sapphire, emerald, more...

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