sup

Used to say hello or ask how someone is or what is happening.

• Sup, Ben?
• Sup, how have you been?
• Sup with you today?

How to use it: sup with someone/something (Sup with that strange noise?)

Similar words: hey, hi, what’s up

Common phrases: sup dude, sup with someone

To eat an evening meal.

• We supped at the inn.
• The guests supped together after sunset.
• Will you sup with us tonight?

How to use it: sup with someone (They supped with their host.); sup on something (We supped on bread and cheese.)

Similar words: dine, eat supper

Common phrases: sup with someone, sup at home

To take a little drink or a small spoonful of food.

• She supped a little broth.
• He supped from the wooden cup.
• They sat by the fire, supping warm milk.

How to use it: sup from something (The child supped from a small cup.); sup on something (He supped on thin soup.)

Similar words: sip

Common phrases: sup some broth, sup from something, sup on something

A small amount of drink or liquid food.

• He took a sup of water.
• There was only a sup of milk left.
• She offered him a sup of warm broth.

How to use it: a sup of something (A sup of tea warmed her mouth.)

Similar words: sip, mouthful

Common phrases: sup of water, sup of ale, last sup

A person in charge of a building, organization, or group of workers.

• The building sup fixed our heater.
• Ask the sup about the broken lift.
• Our new district sup visited the school.

Similar words: superintendent

Common phrases: building sup, district sup

The smallest value that is at least as large as every value in a set.

• The sup of this set is five.
• Does the sequence have a finite sup?
• The interval has a sup but no maximum.

How to use it: sup of something (The sup of the open interval is one.)

Similar words: supremum, least upper bound

Opposites: infimum

Common phrases: sup of something, finite sup

A meeting where a teacher gives a student or small group help with their studies.

• My maths sup starts at two.
• We discussed the essay during our sup.
• I have three sups this week.

Similar words: supervision, tutorial

Common phrases: maths sup, weekly sup, history sup

Related to a proposed particle paired with an up quark in a physics theory.

• The model predicts a light sup squark.
• The calculation uses a larger sup mass.
• The study compares sup production rates.

Common phrases: sup squark, sup mass, sup production