sur-

¹ American  

1. a prefix meaning “over, above,” “in addition,” occurring mainly in loanwords from French and partial calques of French words.

   surcharge; surname; surrender; survive.

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sur- ² American  

1. variant of sub- before r: surrogate.

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sur ³ American  

[sur] / sɜr /

preposition

Law.

1. upon; on the basis of.

   sur mortgage.

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Sur ⁴ American  

[soor] / sʊər /

noun

1. a town in S Lebanon, on the Mediterranean Sea: site of ancient port of Tyre.

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Sur ¹ British  

/ sʊə /

noun

1. transliteration of the Arabic name for Tyre

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sur- ² British  

prefix

1. over; above; beyond Compare super-

   surcharge

   surrealism

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sur- ³ British  

prefix

1. a variant of sub-

   surrogate

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Etymology

Origin of sur-¹

Middle English < Old French < Latin super- super-

Origin of sur³

< French < Latin super super-

Example Sentences

On “Me Ha Costado,” Vega, who hails from Baja California Sur, combines blown-out 808s with a G-funk whine to create a pan-Californian posse track.

From Los Angeles Times

Broadcom’s custom artificial-intelligence chip business, as well as its networking business, put it in line for AI revenue in the range of $55 billion to $60 billion in fiscal year 2026, rising to more than $100 billion in fiscal 2027, according to Sur.

From Barron's

That doesn’t bother Sur, who still backs the OpenAI deal to ramp up from 2027 onward with revenue of up to $25 billion per gigawatt for Broadcom.

From Barron's

“We remain of the view that it is still early-innings for this AI infrastructure investment cycle, with trillions of dollars of additional investment in the cards for the next several years,” Sur wrote.

From Barron's

Analog Devices occupies the No. 2 position in the market for high-performance analog, and Sur likes the company’s potential to book $500 million to $600 million in AI revenue next year on the heels of design wins.

From MarketWatch