uber
[oo-ber]
- having the specified property to an extreme or excessive degree; very: an uber fancy restaurant.
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- designating a person or thing that exceeds the norms or limits of its kind or class: uber intellectuals.
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Also German ü·ber [y-buh r] /ˈü bər/.
uber-
- A prefixal use of uber, adverb and adjective, with the basic meaning “over, beyond.” It is added to adjectives and nouns to form compounds (uberstylish; uberchefs): a hyphen is sometimes used in new coinages or in any words whose component parts it may be desirable to set off distinctly (uber-luxe).
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Also über-.
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Examples from the Web for uber
Contemporary Examples
Services like Airbnb, Yelp, and yes, Uber are disrupting long-established industries, from taxis to hotels.
Why Do ‘Progressives’ Want to Ban Uber and AirBnB?Adam Thierer, Christopher Koopman
December 30, 2014
If Uber did actually mislead its customers, it should certainly be held responsible.
Why Do ‘Progressives’ Want to Ban Uber and AirBnB?Adam Thierer, Christopher Koopman
December 30, 2014
Hell, one of the Dixie Chicks even offered to Uber her balls over to the company.
Gawker sneered that Uber is "Ayn Rand's favorite car service."
But Uber's surges are not price gouging, as some have erroneously claimed.
Historical Examples
It is Deutschland uber Alles; the stars are fighting for the Teuton race.
The Firefly Of FranceMarion Polk Angellotti
Bemerkungen uber Russland en rucksicht auf wissen-schaften Kunst, Religion.
In that same region be the mountains of Caspian that p. 175men clepe Uber in the country.
The Travels of Sir John MandevilleJohn Mandeville
We may take Buhler's "Uber Gedanken" to illustrate the kind of results arrived at by such methods.
The Analysis of MindBertrand Russell
uber-
ber-
- indicating the highest, greatest, or most extreme example of somethingAmerica's ubernerd, Bill Gates; the uber-hip young Bohemians
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Word Origin
C20: from German über over, above
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