supersense

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noun

The sense of a word that includes a subsense.

OriginEnglish sense ← Middle English sense ← Old French sens →
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Meanings

nounsupersense (plural supersenses)

plural supersenses

  1. The sense of a word that includes a subsense.

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*úp
  2. Proto-Indo-European*upér
  3. Proto-Italic*super
  4. Latinsuper
  5. Latinsuper-
  6. Englishsuper-
  7. Proto-Indo-European*sent-
  8. Proto-Italic*sentiō
  9. Latinsentiō
  10. Latinsēnsu
  11. Proto-Germanic*sinnaz
  12. Frankish*sinn
  13. Vulgar Latin*sennus
  14. Old Frenchsens
  15. Middle Englishsense
  16. Englishsense
  17. Englishsupersense

From super- + sense.

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Cite this entry
APA

supersense. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/supersense

MLA

“supersense.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/supersense. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “supersense,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/supersense.

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