SUPERLATIVE DEGREE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does superlative degree mean? 

• SUPERLATIVE DEGREE (noun)
  The noun SUPERLATIVE DEGREE has 1 sense:

1. the superlative form of an adjective or adverb

  Familiarity information: SUPERLATIVE DEGREE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SUPERLATIVE DEGREE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The superlative form of an adjective or adverb

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Synonyms:

superlative; superlative degree

Context example:

'most surely' is the superlative of the adverb 'surely'

Hypernyms ("superlative degree" is a kind of...):

adjective (a word that expresses an attribute of something)

adverb (a word that modifies something other than a noun)