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sur: Meaning and Definition of
sur
Pronunciation: (sûr), [key]
— prep. Law.
- upon; on the basis of: sur mortgage.
Sur
Pronunciation: (soor), [key]
— n.
- a town in S Lebanon, on the Mediterranean Sea: site of ancient port of Tyre.
sur-
Pronunciation: [key]
- a prefix meaning “over, above,” “in addition,” occurring mainly in loanwords from French and partial calques of French words:Cf. surcharge; surname; surrender; survive.
sur-
Pronunciation: [key]
- var. ofbefore r: surrogate.
See also:
- sur (Thesaurus)
