Superlative (definition)

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the superlative is used when comparing more than two things and specifies the extent of their application (ex. To the greatest/ extreme degree). The marking for superlatives are “-est” and “most.”

References

Crystal, David, and David Crystal. The Penguin Dictionary of Language. London: Penguin, 1999.

Matthews, P. H. The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Linguistics. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1997.

Comparatives and Superlatives