Explore Superordinate through 2 example sentences from English, with an explanation of the meaning and related words like superior or grade. Ideal for language learners, writers and word enthusiasts.
Superordinate in a sentence
Superordinate meaning
- Greater in degree, rank or position.
- The relation of a universal proposition to a specific proposition of the same form with the universal quantified variable replaced by a specific instance.
- hypernymic
Synonyms of Superordinate
Using Superordinate
- The main meaning on this page is: Greater in degree, rank or position. | The relation of a universal proposition to a specific proposition of the same form with the universal quantified variable replaced by a specific instance. | hypernymic
- Useful related words include: superior, grade, order, range.
Context around Superordinate
- Average sentence length in these examples: 24 words
- Position in the sentence: 1 start, 0 middle, 1 end
- Sentence types: 2 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Superordinate
- In this selection, "superordinate" usually appears near the start of the sentence. The average example has 24 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, goals stand out and add context to how "superordinate" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include cooperation and superordinate goals later and hypernym is superordinate to a. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "superordinate" sits close to words such as aaai, aani and aarne, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with superordinate
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
A hypernym is superordinate to a hyponym, and a hyponym is subordinate to a hypernym. (15 words)
Sherif's explanation of the results became known as realistic group conflict theory, because the intergroup conflict was induced through competition over resources. citation Inducing cooperation and superordinate goals later reversed this effect. (33 words)
Sherif's explanation of the results became known as realistic group conflict theory, because the intergroup conflict was induced through competition over resources. citation Inducing cooperation and superordinate goals later reversed this effect. (33 words)
A hypernym is superordinate to a hyponym, and a hyponym is subordinate to a hypernym. (15 words)
Example sentences (2)
A hypernym is superordinate to a hyponym, and a hyponym is subordinate to a hypernym.
Sherif's explanation of the results became known as realistic group conflict theory, because the intergroup conflict was induced through competition over resources. citation Inducing cooperation and superordinate goals later reversed this effect.