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supergroup en · NOUN

Pronunciation

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *úp Proto-Indo-European *-er Proto-Indo-European *upér Proto-Italic *super Latin super Latin super-lbor. English super- Italian gruppobor. French groupebor. Italian gruppobor. English group English supergroup From super- + group.

Meanings

  1. Any group composed of other groups.
    • Near-synonyms: superset (often synonymous), superclass, supercategory
  2. Any group composed of other groups. ▸ The group to which a subgroup belongs.
    • Formally, a supergroup is a more general notion than group. We illustrate the difference between the two notions by a simple example. 2011, Alexander Kulikov, Nikolay Vereshchagin, editors, Computer Science – Theory and Applications […] , Springer, →ISBN, page 237:
  3. Any group composed of other groups. ▸ A group of musicians, each a star (especially, a superstar) of another band (especially in rock music).
    • A supergroup is a rock and pop music term for a group whose members are already successful and well known, either as solo performers or part of other groups. It was first applied in 1968, to Cream, whose three members had already achieved prominence, […] [2017, Norman Abjorensen, Historical Dictionary of Popular Music, Rowman & Littlefield, →ISBN, page 487:
    • In 1974, David Geffen, Asylum's main man, applied his negotiating abilities to creating a country-rock supergroup along the lines of Crosby, Stills & Nash. 1990, Wayne Jancik, The Billboard Book of One-Hit Wonders, →ISBN, page 365:
  4. Any group composed of other groups. ▸ A generalization of groups, used in the study of supersymmetry.
  5. Any group composed of other groups. ▸ In the L-carrier system, a multiplexed group of channel groups.
  6. Any group composed of other groups. ▸ A sequence of groups of formations that compose a coherent unit.

Forms

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supergroups Number=Plur lexicographic

Coordinates

subgroup · subset · subset · subgroup · subset · subset · subgroup · subgroup · subgroup · subset · subgroup · subset

Hypernyms

grouping · group · grouping · group · grouping · group · set · set · set · set · group · grouping · set · grouping · group · set · grouping · group

Synonyms

superset · superset · superset · supercategory · superclass · superclass · superclass · supercategory · superset · supercategory · supercategory · supercategory · superset · superclass · superclass · supercategory · superset · superclass

Translations (1)

nl supergroep (group of star musicians, from other bands)