sur

[sur] /sɜr/
preposition, Law.
1.
upon; on the basis of:
sur mortgage.
Origin
< French < Latin super super-

Sur

[soo r] /sʊər/
noun
1.
a town in S Lebanon, on the Mediterranean Sea: site of ancient port of Tyre.

sur-1

1.
a prefix meaning “over, above,” “in addition,” occurring mainly in loanwords from French and partial calques of French words:
surcharge; surname; surrender; survive.
Compare super-.
Origin
Middle English < Old French < Latin super- super-

sur-2

1.
variant of sub- before r: surrogate.
British Dictionary definitions for sur

Sur

/sʊə/
noun
1.
transliteration of the Arabic name for Tyre

sur-1

prefix
1.
over; above; beyond: surcharge, surrealism Compare super-
Word Origin
from Old French, from Latin super-

sur-2

prefix
1.
a variant of sub- surrogate
Word Origin and History for sur

sur-

word-forming element meaning "over, above, beyond, in addition," especially in words from Anglo-French and Old French, from Old French sour-, sor-, sur-, from Latin super (see super-).

Related Abbreviations for sur

SUR

Society of Uroradiology