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supertall

adj

Etymology

From super- + tall.

  1. derived from *dol-✻
  2. inherited from *talaz✻ — “submissive, pliable, obedient”
  3. inherited from *tæl✻
  4. inherited from tall
  5. prefixed as supertall — “super + tall”

Definitions

  1. Extremely tall.

  2. Exceeding 984 feet (300 metres) in height.

  3. A very tall building.

    • As the show suggests, the center of gravity today has shifted from North America and Europe to Asia and the Middle East, where supertalls are rising at a frenetic pace.
  4. ›+ 1 more definition

    1. A building between 300m and 600m tall, approximately 1000ft to 2000ft tall. A tall…

      A building between 300m and 600m tall, approximately 1000ft to 2000ft tall. A tall building taller than a plain tall but shorter than a megatall.

      • What few might have predicted is the cumulative effect that unleashing this scale of development might have. The JP Morgan tower is not a one-off, but merely the first of a whole new breed of steroidal supertalls.

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