sur
preposition
upon; on the basis of.
sur
1 American
[sur]
/ sɜr /
preposition
Law.
Sur
2
American
[soor]
/ sʊər /
noun
sur-
3
American
sur-
4
American
Sur
1
British
/ sʊə /
noun
sur-
2
British
prefix
sur-
3
British
prefix
Etymology
Origin of sur1
< French < Latin super super-
Origin of sur-3
Middle English < Old French < Latin super- super-
Example Sentences
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Magda, the manager, helps me with a goat cheese, Mothais sur Feuille, wrapped in a fig leaf.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 10, 2025
These will be international commemorations and Prince William will go to a ceremony at Omaha Beach, Saint Laurent sur Mer, which is expected to be attended by 25 heads of state.
From BBC ● May 17, 2024
Le gros choc de Garnet Hathaway sur Connor McDavid qui n’a pas vraiment plu à Evander Kane !
From Washington Times ● Feb. 3, 2022
They all are displayed within view of Édouard Manet’s 1863 painting “Le Déjeuner sur l’Herbe,” or “The Luncheon on the Grass,” another of Mr. Saint Laurent’s recurring obsessions.
From New York Times ● Jan. 28, 2022
What is perhaps most striking about ‘Poeme sur le desastre de Lisbonne’ is its astonishing challenge to the prevailing seventeenth- and eighteenth-century concept of, and faith in, God.
From "The Story of Music" by Howard Goodall
“What’s difficult for the folks in Big Sur, I think today, are the changing dynamics that people are experiencing all over California that are magnified here,” said Supervisor Kate Daniels, who represents the region.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 13, 2026
The boutique resort, nestled among the soaring redwood trees near the Big Sur River on Highway 1, was completely booked.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 13, 2026
A two-hour drive west of Havana, in rural Consolacion del Sur, the picture is much the same for farmer Fidel Maqueira, who spends his nights guarding his oxen against theft.
From Barron's ● Aug. 4, 2026
Ranjit Sur of the Association for the Protection of Democratic Rights called the matter "suspicious".
From BBC ● Jul. 9, 2026
Please write to me here at Melena del Sur so I know you are well, and tell me about the family.
From "Across So Many Seas" by Ruth Behar
My physical, emotional, and spiritual beings were completely blending with the sur- roundings.
From Salon ● Nov. 19, 2021
Those actors were paralyz- ingly dependent on aluminum, sugar, coffee, and jet fuel for sur- vival, but were, almost without exception, unable to keep up with the commodity traders at banks and hedge funds.
From MSNBC ● Jun. 4, 2014
To my sur- prise, he said, 'I am not kidding.
From Time Magazine Archive
The Ways & Means Committee of the House, which normally would be busy drafting such plans, has practically sur- rendered the job to the Treasury.
From Time Magazine Archive
“Yeah, I know. I’m not saying that everything is sur- vivable. Just that everything except the last thing is.”
From "Paper Towns" by John Green
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