NounSingular superlative Plural superlatives superlative (plural superlatives)
SynonymsAdjectivesuperlative (not comparable) Positive superlative Superlative none (absolute)
From Wiktionary under the GNU Free Documentation License. In grammar the superlative of an adjective or adverb is the greatest form of adjective or adverb which indicates that something has some feature to a greater degree than anything it is being compared to in a given context. For example, if AJ is 45, Deniz is 35, and Jeff is 25, AJ is the oldest of the three, because his age transcends those of Deniz and Jeff in one direction, while Jeff is the youngest, because his age transcends those of AJ and Deniz in the other direction. If David, who is 60, and Vincent, who is 20, join the group, David now becomes the oldest and Vincent the youngest. When comparing only two entities, use of the superlative is ungrammatical: if the group were to contain only AJ and Deniz, AJ would be the older of the two, while Deniz would be the younger and it would be ungrammatical to say that AJ was the oldest. The superlative degree used in reference to sets of two is found, incorrectly in writing and speech. If the number of objects is unknown, for example in auction to the "highest bidder" in which potentially only one or two bids could be received, then the superlative is appropriate to use. Some grammarians object to the use of the superlative or comparative with words such as "full," "complete," "unique" or "empty," which by definition already denote either a totality, an absence, or an absolute. However, such words are routinely and frequently qualified in contemporary speech and writing. This type of usage conveys more of a figurative than a literal meaning, since in a strictly literal sense, something cannot be more or less unique or empty to a greater or lesser degree. For example, in the phrase "most complete selection of wines in the Midwest," "most complete" doesn't mean "closest to having all elements represented," it merely connotes a well-rounded, relatively extensive selection. Browsing in some of the best-known search-engines for "more complete" or "most complete" would establish the frequency of this usage by many of millions of examples. In other languagesFrom Wikipedia under the
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