"Uber" meaning in English

See Uber in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /ˈuːbə(ɹ)/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-Uber.wav Forms: Ubers [plural]
Rhymes: -uːbə(ɹ) Etymology: The company's name is from uber, from German über (“above, over”), as in “above all the rest (of the competition),” a principle the founders wanted to build upon. Etymology templates: {{der|en|de|über|t=above, over}} German über (“above, over”) Head templates: {{en-noun}} Uber (plural Ubers)
  1. A car ride requested using the mobile application Uber; the vehicle used for the ride. Translations (car ride requested using Uber): uber [masculine] (Spanish)
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  2. One's passenger or driver on Uber.
    Sense id: en-Uber-en-noun-CbKTF5kc Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries, Terms with Spanish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 38 38 24 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 34 41 25 Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 35 42 23 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 37 45 18 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 33 39 27
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: uberisation, uberize, Uber problem

Verb

IPA: /ˈuːbə(ɹ)/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-Uber.wav Forms: Ubers [present, singular, third-person], Ubering [participle, present], Ubered [participle, past], Ubered [past]
Rhymes: -uːbə(ɹ) Etymology: The company's name is from uber, from German über (“above, over”), as in “above all the rest (of the competition),” a principle the founders wanted to build upon. Etymology templates: {{der|en|de|über|t=above, over}} German über (“above, over”) Head templates: {{en-verb}} Uber (third-person singular simple present Ubers, present participle Ubering, simple past and past participle Ubered)
  1. (intransitive) To travel via a mobile app-based ridesharing service, particularly but not necessarily Uber. Tags: intransitive
    Sense id: en-Uber-en-verb-~AroUymZ Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries, Terms with Spanish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 38 38 24 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 34 41 25 Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 35 42 23 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 37 45 18 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 33 39 27

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