Associations to the word «Superordinate»

Wiktionary

SUPERORDINATE, adjective. Greater in degree, rank or position
SUPERORDINATE, adjective. (logic) The relation of a universal proposition to a specific proposition of the same form with the universal quantified variable replaced by a specific instance.
SUPERORDINATE, adjective. (linguistics) (of a word or phrase) hypernymic
SUPERORDINATE, noun. That which is superordinate.
SUPERORDINATE, noun. (linguistics) A hypernym.
SUPERORDINATE, verb. (transitive) To cause to be superordinate.

Dictionary definition

SUPERORDINATE, noun. One of greater rank or station or quality.
SUPERORDINATE, noun. A word that is more generic than a given word.
SUPERORDINATE, verb. Place in a superior order or rank; "These two notions are superordinated to a third".
SUPERORDINATE, adjective. Of higher rank or status or value.

Wise words

A word carries far, very far, deals destruction through time as the bullets go flying through space.
Joseph Conrad