superordinate

English

Pronunciation

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Adjective

superordinate (comparative more superordinate, superlative most superordinate)

1. Greater in degree, rank or position.
2. (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.
3. (linguistics, of a word or phrase) hypernymic

Synonyms

• supraordinate (greater in degree, rank or position):

Antonyms

• (antonym(s) of “lower in rank or position”): subordinate
• (antonym(s) of “hypernymic”): hyponymic

Translations

greater in degree, rank or position

Czech: nadřazený Finnish: ylempi (fi), ylemmän tason French: superordonné (fr) m German: übergeordnet (de) Hungarian: felettes (hu), feljebbvaló (hu), feljebb álló, fölötte álló, magasabb rangú, fölérendelt (hu) Irish: osordaithe Korean: 상위의 (sang'wiui), 상의의 (ko) (sang'uiui) linguistics Polish: nadrzędny (pl) Spanish: superordinado Swedish: överordnad (sv)

Noun

superordinate (plural superordinates)

1. That which is superordinate.
   1. (linguistics) Synonym of hypernym.
      • 1972 December 1, Richard C. Anderson, “Semantic organization and retrieval of information from sentences”, in Journal of Verbal Learning and Verbal Behavior, volume 11, number 6, →DOI, pages 794-800:

        Seventy-two subjects attempted to recall the object nouns of seven once-exposed sentences given as retrieval cues the subject noun of each sentence and four other words related to the subject noun. The related cues were a remote superordinate, a close superordinate, a remote cohyponym, and a close cohyponym of the subject noun. Four predictions about differences in effectiveness of these cues, derived from the Katz and Fodor and the Quillian theories of semantics, were confirmed. There was one case about which the theories made different predictions. Consistent with Quillian's theory, but contrary to the Katz and Fodor theory, significantly more words were recalled when the cue was a close rather than a remote superordinate.

Translations

that which is superordinate

Czech: nadřízený (cs) m Hungarian: felettes (hu), feljebbvaló (hu) Korean: (1.) 상위 (sang'wi); (2.) 상의어 (ko) (sang'uieo), 상위어 (ko) (sang'wieo) Spanish: superordinado m

Verb

superordinate (third-person singular simple present superordinates, present participle superordinating, simple past and past participle superordinated)

1. (transitive) To cause to be superordinate.

Latin

Verb

superōrdināte

1. second-person plural present active imperative of superōrdinō