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su·per·struc·ture
 superstructure
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- pronunciation:
- su
p
 r
struhk
chr
- features:
- Word Combinations (noun), Word Parts
| part of speech: |
noun |
| definition 1: |
a structure or part of a structure built upon something else, such as the part of a building above its foundation or the part of a ship above the main deck.
The hurricane caused damage to the superstructure of the new library but the foundations remained intact.- antonyms:
- substructure
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| definition 2: |
a construct, system, or institution that has developed out of or is based upon more fundamental ideas.
The legal superstructure is based on the concept of the individual having certain natural rights. |
adjective + (n.)superstructure
bright,
british,
broad,
bureaucratic,
complicated,
contemporary,
cultural,
elaborate,
entire,
graceful,
gray,
heavy,
ideological,
intellectual,
legal,
main,
mere,
narrow,
outer,
popular,
ramshackle,
round,
tall,
traditional,
vast,
whole
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verb + (n.)superstructure
abandon,
arch,
build,
constitute,
create,
design,
determine,
develop,
erect,
establish,
illuminate,
miss,
paint,
point,
remove,
respond,
restrict,
reveal,
sheathe,
suffer,
surmount,
surround,
view
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noun + (n.)superstructure
aluminum,
base,
bay,
belief,
bridge,
command,
crack,
damage,
deck,
detail,
engine,
foot,
helmet,
hull,
infrastructure,
light,
machine,
management,
mask,
metaphor,
remains,
review,
sarcophagi,
shape,
ship,
society,
stapes,
steel,
tool,
vessel
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| derivation: |
superstructural (adj.) |
The word superstructure
contains the following parts:
super-, supra-, sur-2
Latin
prefix
that means above, over
  Example words:
insuperable, superable, superannuated, superfluous, superimpose, supernatural, superscript, supersede, superstructure, supervise, supervisor, supranational, supraorbital, surmount, surplus, surprise, surreal, survey, survival, survive, survivor
- synonyms:
- hyper-
- antonyms:
- sub-, hyp-, hypo-
-ure
Latin
noun-forming suffix
that means act or process of
More about this word part:
The suffix -ure
attaches to Latin verb roots and English verbs.
Example words:
acupuncture, adventure, agriculture, aquaculture, armature, capture, closure, composure, conjecture, debenture, denture, disclosure, displeasure, enclosure, enrapture, erasure, exposure, failure, figure, fixture, fracture, indenture, juncture, lecture, legislature, literature, manufacture, miniature, nomenclature, picture, posture, pressure, primogeniture, procedure, rapture, rupture, Scripture, seizure, stricture, structure, superstructure, tenure, texture, torture, verdure
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