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Definition: Supererogation |
SupererogationNoun1. An effort above and beyond the call of duty. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "supererogation" was first used: 1526. (references) |
Etymology: Supererogation \Su`per*er`o*ga"tion\, noun. [Latin expression supererogatio payment in addition.]. (Websters 1913) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Inutility | Tautology; (repetition); supererogation; (redundancy). |
Redundancy | Excess; surplus, overplus; epact; margin; remainder; duplicate; surplusage, expletive; work of supererogation; bonus, bonanza. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Supererogation |
| English words defined with "supererogation": Supererogate. (references) |
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Books | |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Expressions using "supererogation": work of supererogation ♦ works of supererogation. Additional references. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
supererogation | 2 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "supererogation"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | التنفيل أداء عمل زائد عن المطلوب. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | престараване, пресилване (forcing, overstatement, strain, straining). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | ongevraagde extra-inspanning. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | enemmän kuin velvollisuuden täyttäminen. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | surérogation. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | Mehrleistung. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | πράξη πέραν του καθήκοντοσ. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hebrew | עשי" מעבר לחוב". (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | túlteljesítés (overfulfilment), túlbuzgóság (intemperate zeal, over anxiety). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Manx | obbyr erskyn currym. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | upererogationsay supererrogação. (various references) выполнение излишнего. (various references) činjenje više nego što treba. (various references) supererogación. (various references) överloppsgärning. (various references) istenenden fazlasını yapma, işgüzarlık (beadledom, efficiency, meddlesomeness, officiousness, pragmatism), görevinden fazlasını yapma. (various references) надмірне виконання обов'язків. (various references) sự l m quá bổn phận mình. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | super. (various references) |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "supererogation": supererogations. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| Words rhyming with "supererogation" (pronounced 'Su`per*er`o*ga"tion'): Abacination, Abaction, Abalienation, Abarticulation, Abbreviation, Abdication, Abduction, Aberration, Abevacuation, Abirritation, Abjection, Abjudication, Abjuration, Ablactation, Ablaqueation, Ablation, Ablegation, Abligurition, Abnegation, Abnodation, Abolition, Abomination, Abortion, Abreaction, Abrenunciation, Abreption, Abrogation, Abruption, Absentation, Absolution, Absorbition, Absorption, Abstention, Abstraction, Absumption, Accentuation, Acceptation, Acceptilation, Acception, Acclimatation, Acclimation, Acclimatization, Accombination, Accommodation, Accreditation, Accrementition, Accretion, Accubation, Accusation, Acervation. (additional references) |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-e-e-g-i-n-o-o-p-r-r-s-t-u" | |
-2 letters: reoperations. | |
-3 letters: perorations, progenitors, purgatories, reoperating, reoperation, resprouting, terrigenous. | |
-4 letters: autogenies, enraptures, entourages, garnitures, generators, intergroup, interposer, neurospora, operagoers, operations, orangeries, outroaring, outsoaring, perorating, peroration, personator, porterages, presorting, prestorage, pretorians, progenitor, pronatores, prorations, prorogates, proteinase, protrusion, purgations, rearousing, reportages, resorption, resupinate, superagent, supergiant, treasuring. | |
-5 letters: agentries, aperients, apertures, arresting, atropines, autogiros, enrapture, entourage, entropies. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-e-e-g-i-n-o-o-p-r-r-s-t-u" | |
+1 letter: supererogations. | |
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| 1. Definition 2. Crosswords 3. Usage: Commercial 4. Expressions | 5. Expressions: Internet 6. Translations: Modern 7. Translations: Ancient 8. Derivations | 9. Rhymes 10. Anagrams 11. Bibliography |
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