1. used to describe a word, category or level with a more general meaning, greater range or higher level than something else
   • (linguistics)
     ● ‘Vehicle’ is semantically more general than ‘bus’, being the superordinate term of bus.
   Compare : subordinate (2)

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1. a word with a general meaning that includes the meanings of other particular words, for example ‘fruit’ is the superordinate of ‘apple’, ‘orange’, etc. Compare : hyponym
   Word Originearly 17th cent.: from super- ‘above’, on the pattern of subordinate.

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