sur

¹ American  

[sur] / sɜr /

preposition

Law.

1. upon; on the basis of.

   sur mortgage.

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Sur ² 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- ³ 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- ⁴ American  

1. variant of sub- before r: surrogate.

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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 sur¹

< French < Latin super super-

Origin of sur-³

Middle English < Old French < Latin super- super-

Example Sentences

You can see Buff, Straub and Hensman’s Midcentury Modern Norton House, the 1916 Spanish Revival-style home called Mi Sueño del Sur, a Southern California Arts and Crafts garden, and the rose gardens of a historic Pasadena estate from the 1900s.

From Los Angeles Times

Sur said he expects copper to remain the dominant configuration for “scale-up” purposes—connections within a single server rack—through at least 2027, while CPO will gain share for “scale out,” or connecting different server racks.

From Barron's

Sur said he expects copper to remain the dominant configuration for “scale-up” purposes —connections within a single server rack— through at least 2027, while CPO will gain share for “scale out,” or connecting different server racks.

From Barron's

“Je suis désolé, mais nous comptons sur des lanternes.”

From Literature

Additionally, Sur said he was anticipating demand for Marvell’s optical digital signal processors and storage products to be strong amid the AI data-center buildout.

From MarketWatch