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Meanings of superordinate in English

Portuguese
hiperónimo
Catalan
hiperònim

A word that is more generic than a given word.

        hiperónimo
        Catalan
        superior

        One of greater rank or station or quality.

            superior
            Synonyms
            Examples for "higher-up"
            Examples for "higher-up"
            1
            The higher-up leaves were three-fingered and narrow, the lower ones rounder.
            The Land of Painted Caves
            2
            What could Zhou do with those higher-ups who were far more powerful?
            Enigma of China
            3
            Again and again, Borucki has proposed his Kepler mission to NASA's higher-ups.
            Wired
            4
            Higher-ups held to their decision not to announce the coming threat.
            Deadly Heat
            5
            Afterward I asked the higher-ups, Why do you have to ask such things?
            Underground

            Superordinate.

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                    Usage of superordinate in English
                    1
                    One superordinate theme, where anxiety is constructed as a loss of control, was identified.
                    Pubmed
                    2
                    General preferences, however, reflect a superordinate moral concept independent of actual situations as proposed in psychological and socioeconomic research.
                    Pubmed
                    3
                    Four superordinate themes were identified.
                    Pubmed
                    Frequent collocations
                    Translations for superordinate
                    Superordinate through the time