superlative
/suːˈpəːlətɪv/
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American sound/suːˈpəːlətɪv/
suːˈpəːlətɪv
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suː - ˈpəːlətɪv -> superlative
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superlative /su'pɜ:lǝtÇv; Brit also sju-/ adj
၁။ အသာလွန်ဆုံး။ အကောင်းဆုံး။ a superlative achievement/performance.
၂။ (grammar ) (နာမဝိသေသန နှင့် ကြိယာ ဝိသေသန တို့တွင်) အသာလွန်ဆုံးစနစ်။
best, worst, slowest, most difficult. Compare COMPARATIVE ၃
n အသာလွန်ဆုံးအဆင့် နာမဝိသေသန၊ ကြိယာ ဝိသေသန။ It's hard to find enough superlatives to describe him!
❏ superlatively adv အကောင်းဆုံး။ superlatively cooked/managed.
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excellent, unmatched, unbeatable, untouchable, best, matchless, outstanding, exceptional, incomparable, without equal, unparalleled, beyond compare, top, consummate, unrivaled, supreme, A-1, accomplished, all-time, capital, crack, effusive, exaggerated, excessive, extreme, finished, first-class, gilt-edge, greatest, highest, hundred-proof, inflated, magnificent, of highest order, optimum, peerless, standout, superb, surpassing, tops, transcendent, unexcelled, unique, unsurpassed, winning, world-class
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