See superstructure in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
Download JSON data for superstructure meaning in English (10.4kB)
{
"etymology_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "super",
"3": "structure"
},
"expansion": "super- + structure",
"name": "prefix"
}
],
"etymology_text": "From super- + structure.",
"forms": [
{
"form": "superstructures",
"tags": [
"plural"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "~"
},
"expansion": "superstructure (countable and uncountable, plural superstructures)",
"name": "en-noun"
}
],
"lang": "English",
"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "noun",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
{
"kind": "topical",
"langcode": "en",
"name": "Nautical",
"orig": "en:Nautical",
"parents": [
"Transport",
"All topics",
"Fundamental"
],
"source": "w"
}
],
"glosses": [
"Any structure built above the top full deck (FM 55-501)."
],
"id": "en-superstructure-en-noun-QIldsBiI",
"links": [
[
"nautical",
"nautical"
],
[
"structure",
"structure"
],
[
"deck",
"deck"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(nautical) Any structure built above the top full deck (FM 55-501)."
],
"tags": [
"countable",
"uncountable"
],
"topics": [
"nautical",
"transport"
],
"translations": [
{
"_dis1": "48 28 15 4 5",
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "nadstrójka",
"sense": "nautical: structure above deck",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "надстро́йка"
},
{
"_dis1": "48 28 15 4 5",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "nautical: structure above deck",
"word": "ylärakenne"
},
{
"_dis1": "48 28 15 4 5",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "nautical: structure above deck",
"word": "Aufbauten"
},
{
"_dis1": "48 28 15 4 5",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "nautical: structure above deck",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "Überbau"
},
{
"_dis1": "48 28 15 4 5",
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "nautical: structure above deck",
"word": "felépítmény"
},
{
"_dis1": "48 28 15 4 5",
"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "nadgradba",
"sense": "nautical: structure above deck",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "надградба"
},
{
"_dis1": "48 28 15 4 5",
"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "nautical: structure above deck",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "overbygg"
},
{
"_dis1": "48 28 15 4 5",
"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "nautical: structure above deck",
"tags": [
"feminine",
"masculine"
],
"word": "overbygning"
},
{
"_dis1": "48 28 15 4 5",
"code": "nn",
"lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
"sense": "nautical: structure above deck",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "overbygg"
},
{
"_dis1": "48 28 15 4 5",
"code": "nn",
"lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
"sense": "nautical: structure above deck",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "overbygning"
},
{
"_dis1": "48 28 15 4 5",
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "nautical: structure above deck",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "nadbudowa"
},
{
"_dis1": "48 28 15 4 5",
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "nautical: structure above deck",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "nadbudówka"
},
{
"_dis1": "48 28 15 4 5",
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "nautical: structure above deck",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "superestrutura"
},
{
"_dis1": "48 28 15 4 5",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "nadstrójka",
"sense": "nautical: structure above deck",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "надстро́йка"
},
{
"_dis1": "48 28 15 4 5",
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "nautical: structure above deck",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "superestructura"
}
]
},
{
"categories": [
{
"_dis": "20 42 4 25 10",
"kind": "other",
"name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
"parents": [
"Entries with incorrect language header",
"Entry maintenance"
],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "21 28 18 17 17",
"kind": "other",
"name": "English terms prefixed with super-",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
}
],
"examples": [
{
"ref": "2008, BioWare, Mass Effect, Redwood City: Electronic Arts, →OCLC, PC, scene: Citadel Station: Wards Codex entry",
"text": "The Wards are open-topped, with skyscrapers rising from the superstructure. Towers are sealed against vacuum, as the breathable atmosphere envelope is only maintained to a height of about seven meters. The atmosphere is contained by the centrifugal force of rotation and a \"membrane\" of dense, colorless sulphur hexafluoride gas, held in place by carefully managed mass effect fields.",
"type": "quotation"
}
],
"glosses": [
"Any material structure or edifice built on something else; that which is raised on a foundation or basis."
],
"id": "en-superstructure-en-noun-UsGtzgid",
"links": [
[
"edifice",
"edifice"
]
],
"tags": [
"countable",
"uncountable"
]
},
{
"glosses": [
"All that part of a building above the basement."
],
"id": "en-superstructure-en-noun-WQ96SRBQ",
"links": [
[
"building",
"building"
],
[
"basement",
"basement"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(sometimes figurative) All that part of a building above the basement."
],
"tags": [
"countable",
"figuratively",
"sometimes",
"uncountable"
]
},
{
"categories": [
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "British English",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
}
],
"glosses": [
"The sleepers and fastenings, in distinction from the roadbed."
],
"id": "en-superstructure-en-noun-nEj1ddbA",
"links": [
[
"sleeper",
"sleeper"
],
[
"fastening",
"fastening"
],
[
"distinction",
"distinction"
],
[
"roadbed",
"roadbed"
]
],
"qualifier": "railroad",
"raw_glosses": [
"(British, railroad) The sleepers and fastenings, in distinction from the roadbed."
],
"tags": [
"British",
"countable",
"uncountable"
]
},
{
"antonyms": [
{
"word": "base"
},
{
"word": "infrastructure"
},
{
"word": "substructure"
}
],
"categories": [
{
"kind": "topical",
"langcode": "en",
"name": "Marxism",
"orig": "en:Marxism",
"parents": [
"Ideologies",
"Socialism",
"Politics",
"Society",
"Economics",
"Leftism",
"All topics",
"Social sciences",
"Fundamental",
"Sciences"
],
"source": "w"
}
],
"examples": [
{
"ref": "1995, Richard Appignanesi, Chris Garratt, Postmodernism for Beginners, Icon Books, page 9",
"text": "The superstructure evolves more slowly and is more resistant to change than the economic infrastructure, especially in the modern industrial age of advanced capitalism.",
"type": "quotation"
}
],
"glosses": [
"The social sphere of ideology which includes religion, art, politics, law and all traditional values."
],
"id": "en-superstructure-en-noun-e0PGUpHS",
"links": [
[
"Marxism",
"Marxism"
],
[
"social",
"social"
],
[
"ideology",
"ideology"
],
[
"religion",
"religion"
],
[
"art",
"art"
],
[
"politics",
"politics"
],
[
"law",
"law"
],
[
"traditional",
"traditional"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(Marxism) The social sphere of ideology which includes religion, art, politics, law and all traditional values."
],
"tags": [
"Marxism",
"countable",
"uncountable"
],
"translations": [
{
"_dis1": "4 6 3 2 85",
"code": "hy",
"lang": "Armenian",
"roman": "vernašenkʻ",
"sense": "the social sphere of ideology",
"word": "վերնաշենք"
},
{
"_dis1": "4 6 3 2 85",
"code": "az",
"lang": "Azerbaijani",
"sense": "the social sphere of ideology",
"word": "üstqurum"
},
{
"_dis1": "4 6 3 2 85",
"code": "eu",
"lang": "Basque",
"sense": "the social sphere of ideology",
"word": "gainegitura"
},
{
"_dis1": "4 6 3 2 85",
"code": "bn",
"lang": "Bengali",
"roman": "uporikaṭhamō",
"sense": "the social sphere of ideology",
"word": "উপরিকাঠামো"
},
{
"_dis1": "4 6 3 2 85",
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "the social sphere of ideology",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "superestructura"
},
{
"_dis1": "4 6 3 2 85",
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "the social sphere of ideology",
"word": "上層建築"
},
{
"_dis1": "4 6 3 2 85",
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "shàngcéng jiànzhù",
"sense": "the social sphere of ideology",
"word": "上层建筑"
},
{
"_dis1": "4 6 3 2 85",
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "the social sphere of ideology",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "nadstavba"
},
{
"_dis1": "4 6 3 2 85",
"code": "et",
"lang": "Estonian",
"sense": "the social sphere of ideology",
"word": "pealisehitus"
},
{
"_dis1": "4 6 3 2 85",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "the social sphere of ideology",
"word": "ylärakenne"
},
{
"_dis1": "4 6 3 2 85",
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "the social sphere of ideology",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "superstructure"
},
{
"_dis1": "4 6 3 2 85",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "the social sphere of ideology",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "Überbau"
},
{
"_dis1": "4 6 3 2 85",
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "the social sphere of ideology",
"word": "felépítmény"
},
{
"_dis1": "4 6 3 2 85",
"code": "id",
"lang": "Indonesian",
"sense": "the social sphere of ideology",
"word": "suprastruktur"
},
{
"_dis1": "4 6 3 2 85",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"sense": "the social sphere of ideology",
"word": "上部構造"
},
{
"_dis1": "4 6 3 2 85",
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "sangbugujo",
"sense": "the social sphere of ideology",
"word": "상부구조"
},
{
"_dis1": "4 6 3 2 85",
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "the social sphere of ideology",
"word": "superstructura"
},
{
"_dis1": "4 6 3 2 85",
"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "nadgradba",
"sense": "the social sphere of ideology",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "надградба"
},
{
"_dis1": "4 6 3 2 85",
"code": "fa",
"lang": "Persian",
"sense": "the social sphere of ideology",
"word": "روبنا"
},
{
"_dis1": "4 6 3 2 85",
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "the social sphere of ideology",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "nadbudowa"
},
{
"_dis1": "4 6 3 2 85",
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "the social sphere of ideology",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "superestrutura"
},
{
"_dis1": "4 6 3 2 85",
"code": "pa",
"lang": "Punjabi",
"roman": "usār",
"sense": "the social sphere of ideology",
"word": "ਉਸਾਰ"
},
{
"_dis1": "4 6 3 2 85",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "nadstrójka",
"sense": "the social sphere of ideology",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "надстро́йка"
},
{
"_dis1": "4 6 3 2 85",
"code": "sk",
"lang": "Slovak",
"sense": "the social sphere of ideology",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "nadstavba"
},
{
"_dis1": "4 6 3 2 85",
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "the social sphere of ideology",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "superestructura"
},
{
"_dis1": "4 6 3 2 85",
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "the social sphere of ideology",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "överbyggnad"
},
{
"_dis1": "4 6 3 2 85",
"code": "tl",
"lang": "Tagalog",
"sense": "the social sphere of ideology",
"word": "superestruktura"
},
{
"_dis1": "4 6 3 2 85",
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "the social sphere of ideology",
"word": "üstyapı"
},
{
"_dis1": "4 6 3 2 85",
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "the social sphere of ideology",
"word": "kiến trúc thượng tầng"
}
]
}
],
"wikipedia": [
"superstructure (disambiguation)"
],
"word": "superstructure"
}
{
"categories": [
"English countable nouns",
"English entries with incorrect language header",
"English lemmas",
"English nouns",
"English terms prefixed with super-",
"English uncountable nouns"
],
"etymology_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "super",
"3": "structure"
},
"expansion": "super- + structure",
"name": "prefix"
}
],
"etymology_text": "From super- + structure.",
"forms": [
{
"form": "superstructures",
"tags": [
"plural"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "~"
},
"expansion": "superstructure (countable and uncountable, plural superstructures)",
"name": "en-noun"
}
],
"lang": "English",
"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "noun",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
"en:Nautical"
],
"glosses": [
"Any structure built above the top full deck (FM 55-501)."
],
"links": [
[
"nautical",
"nautical"
],
[
"structure",
"structure"
],
[
"deck",
"deck"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(nautical) Any structure built above the top full deck (FM 55-501)."
],
"tags": [
"countable",
"uncountable"
],
"topics": [
"nautical",
"transport"
]
},
{
"categories": [
"English terms with quotations"
],
"examples": [
{
"ref": "2008, BioWare, Mass Effect, Redwood City: Electronic Arts, →OCLC, PC, scene: Citadel Station: Wards Codex entry",
"text": "The Wards are open-topped, with skyscrapers rising from the superstructure. Towers are sealed against vacuum, as the breathable atmosphere envelope is only maintained to a height of about seven meters. The atmosphere is contained by the centrifugal force of rotation and a \"membrane\" of dense, colorless sulphur hexafluoride gas, held in place by carefully managed mass effect fields.",
"type": "quotation"
}
],
"glosses": [
"Any material structure or edifice built on something else; that which is raised on a foundation or basis."
],
"links": [
[
"edifice",
"edifice"
]
],
"tags": [
"countable",
"uncountable"
]
},
{
"glosses": [
"All that part of a building above the basement."
],
"links": [
[
"building",
"building"
],
[
"basement",
"basement"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(sometimes figurative) All that part of a building above the basement."
],
"tags": [
"countable",
"figuratively",
"sometimes",
"uncountable"
]
},
{
"categories": [
"British English"
],
"glosses": [
"The sleepers and fastenings, in distinction from the roadbed."
],
"links": [
[
"sleeper",
"sleeper"
],
[
"fastening",
"fastening"
],
[
"distinction",
"distinction"
],
[
"roadbed",
"roadbed"
]
],
"qualifier": "railroad",
"raw_glosses": [
"(British, railroad) The sleepers and fastenings, in distinction from the roadbed."
],
"tags": [
"British",
"countable",
"uncountable"
]
},
{
"antonyms": [
{
"word": "base"
},
{
"word": "infrastructure"
},
{
"word": "substructure"
}
],
"categories": [
"English terms with quotations",
"en:Marxism"
],
"examples": [
{
"ref": "1995, Richard Appignanesi, Chris Garratt, Postmodernism for Beginners, Icon Books, page 9",
"text": "The superstructure evolves more slowly and is more resistant to change than the economic infrastructure, especially in the modern industrial age of advanced capitalism.",
"type": "quotation"
}
],
"glosses": [
"The social sphere of ideology which includes religion, art, politics, law and all traditional values."
],
"links": [
[
"Marxism",
"Marxism"
],
[
"social",
"social"
],
[
"ideology",
"ideology"
],
[
"religion",
"religion"
],
[
"art",
"art"
],
[
"politics",
"politics"
],
[
"law",
"law"
],
[
"traditional",
"traditional"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(Marxism) The social sphere of ideology which includes religion, art, politics, law and all traditional values."
],
"tags": [
"Marxism",
"countable",
"uncountable"
]
}
],
"translations": [
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "nadstrójka",
"sense": "nautical: structure above deck",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "надстро́йка"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "nautical: structure above deck",
"word": "ylärakenne"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "nautical: structure above deck",
"word": "Aufbauten"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "nautical: structure above deck",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "Überbau"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "nautical: structure above deck",
"word": "felépítmény"
},
{
"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "nadgradba",
"sense": "nautical: structure above deck",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "надградба"
},
{
"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "nautical: structure above deck",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "overbygg"
},
{
"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "nautical: structure above deck",
"tags": [
"feminine",
"masculine"
],
"word": "overbygning"
},
{
"code": "nn",
"lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
"sense": "nautical: structure above deck",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "overbygg"
},
{
"code": "nn",
"lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
"sense": "nautical: structure above deck",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "overbygning"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "nautical: structure above deck",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "nadbudowa"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "nautical: structure above deck",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "nadbudówka"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "nautical: structure above deck",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "superestrutura"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "nadstrójka",
"sense": "nautical: structure above deck",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "надстро́йка"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "nautical: structure above deck",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "superestructura"
},
{
"code": "hy",
"lang": "Armenian",
"roman": "vernašenkʻ",
"sense": "the social sphere of ideology",
"word": "վերնաշենք"
},
{
"code": "az",
"lang": "Azerbaijani",
"sense": "the social sphere of ideology",
"word": "üstqurum"
},
{
"code": "eu",
"lang": "Basque",
"sense": "the social sphere of ideology",
"word": "gainegitura"
},
{
"code": "bn",
"lang": "Bengali",
"roman": "uporikaṭhamō",
"sense": "the social sphere of ideology",
"word": "উপরিকাঠামো"
},
{
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "the social sphere of ideology",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "superestructura"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "the social sphere of ideology",
"word": "上層建築"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "shàngcéng jiànzhù",
"sense": "the social sphere of ideology",
"word": "上层建筑"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "the social sphere of ideology",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "nadstavba"
},
{
"code": "et",
"lang": "Estonian",
"sense": "the social sphere of ideology",
"word": "pealisehitus"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "the social sphere of ideology",
"word": "ylärakenne"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "the social sphere of ideology",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "superstructure"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "the social sphere of ideology",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "Überbau"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "the social sphere of ideology",
"word": "felépítmény"
},
{
"code": "id",
"lang": "Indonesian",
"sense": "the social sphere of ideology",
"word": "suprastruktur"
},
{
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"sense": "the social sphere of ideology",
"word": "上部構造"
},
{
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "sangbugujo",
"sense": "the social sphere of ideology",
"word": "상부구조"
},
{
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "the social sphere of ideology",
"word": "superstructura"
},
{
"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "nadgradba",
"sense": "the social sphere of ideology",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "надградба"
},
{
"code": "fa",
"lang": "Persian",
"sense": "the social sphere of ideology",
"word": "روبنا"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "the social sphere of ideology",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "nadbudowa"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "the social sphere of ideology",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "superestrutura"
},
{
"code": "pa",
"lang": "Punjabi",
"roman": "usār",
"sense": "the social sphere of ideology",
"word": "ਉਸਾਰ"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "nadstrójka",
"sense": "the social sphere of ideology",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "надстро́йка"
},
{
"code": "sk",
"lang": "Slovak",
"sense": "the social sphere of ideology",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "nadstavba"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "the social sphere of ideology",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "superestructura"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "the social sphere of ideology",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "överbyggnad"
},
{
"code": "tl",
"lang": "Tagalog",
"sense": "the social sphere of ideology",
"word": "superestruktura"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "the social sphere of ideology",
"word": "üstyapı"
},
{
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "the social sphere of ideology",
"word": "kiến trúc thượng tầng"
}
],
"wikipedia": [
"superstructure (disambiguation)"
],
"word": "superstructure"
}
This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable English dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2024-05-20 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2024-05-02 using wiktextract (1d5a7d1 and 304864d). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.
If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.