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• sur
  sur

  preposition

  upon; on the basis of.
• Sur
  Sur

  noun

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

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

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-

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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

They noted that Edouard Manet’s avant-garde painting “Le Dejeuner sur l’herbe” imitated Marcantonio Raimondi’s engraving, “The Judgment of Paris,” which was itself a reference to a work by Raphael.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 29, 2022

But neither quite seizes you by the collar like the thick black outlines and arrested perspective Suzanne Valadon used in her 1932 painting “Bouquet de Fleurs sur une Petite Table.”

From New York Times ● Apr. 1, 2022

“Petite escargot porte sur son dos,” Dad sings at the table.

From "South of Somewhere" by Kalena Miller

Since Lip-Bu Tan took over as CEO in 2025, Intel has improved the competitiveness of its data-center chips, according to Sur.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 19, 2026

Morgan analysts led by Harlan Sur wrote in a client note this week.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 14, 2026

Flooded streets following the arrival of Hurricane Polo in the town of Puerto San Carlos, Baja California Sur, Mexico, on 29 September.

From BBC ● Oct. 13, 2026

Baja California Sur is one of the Mexican states most exposed to major storms.

From Barron's ● Sep. 29, 2026

Mario Campos Gutierrez, supervisor of Grupo Beta Sur, estimates that half eventually get here—after repeated attempts.

From "Enrique's Journey" by Sonia Nazario

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

A few people had seen how it would be, but the actuality sur- passed prognostication.

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

“They stagger exactly like sleepwalkers,” said one sur- vivor; “like walking ghosts” said another.

From "Bomb" by Steve Sheinkin

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