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sure
English
Alternative forms
- sho
- sho'
Etymology
From Middle English sure, seur, sur, from Middle French sur or Old French seür, from Latin s?c?rus (“secure”, literally “carefree”), from s?- (“apart”) + c?ra (“care”) (compare Old English orsorg (“carefree”), from or- (“without”) + sorg (“care”)). See cure. Doublet of secure and the now obsolete or dialectal sicker (“certain, safe”).
Displaced native Middle English wis, iwis (“certain, sure”) (from Old English ?ewis, ?ewiss (“certain, sure”)), Middle English siker (“sure, secure”) (from Old English sicor (“secure, sure”)) with which was cognate.
This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /???/, /???/, /???/
- Rhymes: -??(r), -??(r)
- (General Australian, General New Zealand) IPA(key): /?o?/
- (General American) IPA(key): /???/, /???/, /??/
- (Canada) IPA(key): /???/, /??/
- (obsolete) IPA(key): /sj???/, /sju??/, /s????/
- Homophones: shaw, Shaw (in non-rhotic dialects with the horse-hoarse merger), shore (with the cure-force merger), show (in non-rhotic with the dough-door merger)
Adjective
sure (comparative surer, superlative surest)
- Physically secure and certain, non-failing, reliable.
- Certain in one's knowledge or belief.
- She is sure of herself.
- He was sure of being a finalist.
- They weren't sure who would attend.
- You seemed sure that the car was his.
- (followed by a to infinitive) Certain to act or be a specified way.
- (obsolete) Free from danger; safe; secure.
- (obsolete) Betrothed; engaged to marry.
- c. 1513-1518 (probably date written, published after 1535) Thomas More, History of King Richard III
- The king was sure to Dame Elizabeth Lucy, and her husband before God.
- 1632, Richard Brome, The Northern Lass
- I presum'd […] [that] you had been sure, as fast as faith could bind you, man and wife.
- c. 1513-1518 (probably date written, published after 1535) Thomas More, History of King Richard III
Synonyms
- (secure and steadfast): certain, failsafe, reliable, sicker
- (steadfast in one's knowledge or belief): certain, positive, wis
Derived terms
- for sure
- sure as hell
- surely
- sure up
Pages starting with “sure”.
Descendants
- ?? Irish: siúráil
- ? Welsh: siwr
Translations
Adverb
sure (comparative more sure, superlative most sure)
- (modal adverb) Without doubt, certainly.
- Sure he's coming! Why wouldn't he?
- "Did you kill that bear yourself?" ?"I sure did!"
- 1802, Charles Lamb, John Woodvil
- These high and gusty relishes of life, sure,
Have no allayings of mortality in them.
- These high and gusty relishes of life, sure,
Usage notes
- Often proscribed in favor of surely. May be informal.
Interjection
sure
- Yes, expressing noncommittal agreement or consent.
- Yes; of course.
- You're welcome; polite response to being thanked.
Synonyms
- (noncommittal yes): OK, yes
Translations
References
- 1996, T.F. Hoad, The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Etymology, Oxford University Press, ?ISBN
Anagrams
- ERUs, Ersu, Reus, Rues, Ruse, US'er, rues, ruse, suer, ures, user
Danish
Adjective
sure
- inflection of sur:
- definite singular
- plural
Finnish
Verb
sure
- Indicative present connegative form of surra.
- Second-person singular imperative present form of surra.
- Second-person singular imperative present connegative form of surra.
Anagrams
- resu, seur.
French
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -y?
Adjective
sure
- feminine singular of sur
Adjective
sure
- Alternative spelling of sûre
Anagrams
- rues
- ruse, rusé
- suer
- user
Middle English
Etymology 1
From Old French seür, from Latin s?c?rus. Doublet of siker.
Alternative forms
- sur, seur, seure, sewre, sewr, sewere, suer, suere, soure, suir, sere, sore
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /s?u?r/, /siu?r/, /su?r/
Adjective
sure (comparative seurer)
- safe, protected (not dangerous or harmful)
- fortified, well-defended, protected; especially religiously
- sure, certain, confirmed
- sure-minded (certain of one's intent)
- reliable, of good quality
- sound, sturdy, hardy
Derived terms
- surely
- surement
- suren
- surenes
- surete
Descendants
- English: sure
- ?? Irish: siúráil
- ? Welsh: siwr
- Scots: shuir
References
- “seur, adj.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-04-21.
Adverb
sure
- sure, surely, with no doubt or uncertainty
- entirely, wholly, fully
- While protecting something, with protection
- With a tight grasp or grip
Descendants
- English: sure
- Scots: shuir
References
- “seur, adv.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-04-21.
Etymology 2
Verb
sure
- Alternative form of suren
Etymology 3
Noun
sure
- Alternative form of sire
Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology 1
From Arabic ??????? (s?ra, “chapter of the Qur'an”).
Alternative forms
- sura
Noun
sure m (definite singular suren, indefinite plural surer, definite plural surene)
- (Islam) a sura (any of the 114 chapters of the Qur'an)
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the main entry.
Adjective
sure
- definite singular of sur
- plural of sur
References
- “sure” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
- “sure” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).
Anagrams
- ruse, suer, ures
Norwegian Nynorsk
Etymology 1
From Arabic ??????? (s?ra, “chapter of the Qur'an”).
Alternative forms
- sura
Noun
sure m (definite singular suren, indefinite plural surar, definite plural surane)
- (Islam) a sura (any of the 114 chapters of the Qur'an)
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the main entry.
Adjective
sure
- definite singular of sur
- plural of sur
References
- “sure” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Anagrams
- ruse, suer
Old English
Etymology
From Germanic, related to s?r (“sour”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?su?.re/
Noun
s?re f
- sorrel
Pali
Alternative forms
Noun
sure
- vocative singular of sur? (“a class of liquor”)
Romanian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?sure/
Adjective
sure
- inflection of sur:
- genitive/dative feminine singular
- nominative/accusative/genitive/dative feminine/neuter plural
Swedish
Adjective
sure
- absolute definite natural masculine form of sur.
Turkish
Etymology
From Arabic ??????? (s?ra).
Noun
sure (definite accusative sureyi, plural sureler)
- sura
Declension
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true
English
Alternative forms
- trew, trewe (obsolete)
- troo (nonstandard)
- tr00 (leet)
Etymology
From Middle English trewe, from Old English tr?ewe, (Mercian) tr?owe (“trusty, faithful”), from Proto-Germanic *triwwiz (compare Saterland Frisian trjou (“honest”), Dutch getrouw and trouw, German treu, Norwegian and Swedish trygg (“safe, secure’”), from pre-Germanic *drewh?yos, from Proto-Indo-European *drewh?- (“steady, firm”) (compare Irish dearbh (“sure”), Old Prussian druwis (“faith”), Ancient Greek ????? (droón, “firm”)), extension of *dóru (“tree”). More at tree.
For the semantic development, compare Latin robustus (“tough”) from robur (“red oak”).
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /t?u?/
- (US) enPR: tr?? IPA(key): /t?u/, [t???ü]
- (archaic) IPA(key): /t?ju?/
- (now dialectal) IPA(key): /t????/
- Rhymes: -u?
Adjective
true (comparative truer or more true, superlative truest or most true)
- (of a statement) Conforming to the actual state of reality or fact; factually correct.
- Conforming to a rule or pattern; exact; accurate.
- (logic) Of the state in Boolean logic that indicates an affirmative or positive result.
- Loyal, faithful.
- Genuine; legitimate.
- Used in the designation of group of species, or sometimes a single species, to indicate that it belongs to the clade its common name (which may be more broadly scoped in common speech) is restricted to in technical speech, or to distinguish it from a similar species, the latter of which may be called false.
- (of an aim or missile in archery, shooting, golf, etc.) Accurate; following a path toward the target.
- (chiefly probability) Fair, unbiased, not loaded.
- 1990, William W. S. Wei, Time Series Analysis, ?ISBN, page 8:
- Let be twice the value of a true die shown on the -th toss.
- 2006, Judith A. Baer, Leslie Friedman Goldstein, The Constitutional and Legal Rights of Women: Cases in Law and Social Change ?ISBN
- In fact, few profit margins can be predicted with such reliability as those provided by a true roulette wheel or other game of chance.
- 2012, Peter Sprent, Applied Nonparametric Statistical Methods, Springer Science & Business Media ?ISBN, page 5
- We do not reject, because 9 heads and 3 tails is in a set of reasonably likely results when we toss a true coin.
- 1990, William W. S. Wei, Time Series Analysis, ?ISBN, page 8:
- (Of a literary genre) based on actual historical events.
Antonyms
- (of a statement, logic, loyal): false
- untrue
Derived terms
Related terms
- truth
Translations
Adverb
true (not comparable)
- (of shooting, throwing etc) Accurately.
Translations
Noun
true (countable and uncountable, plural trues)
- (uncountable) The state of being in alignment.
- 1904, Lester Gray French, Machinery, Volume 10:
- Some toolmakers are very careless when drilling the first hole through work that is to be bored, claiming that if the drilled hole comes out of true somewhat it can be brought true with the boring tool.
- 1922, F. Scott Fitzgerald, O Russet Witch! in Tales of the Jazz Age:
- She clapped her hands happily, and he thought how pretty she was really, that is, the upper part of her face—from the bridge of the nose down she was somewhat out of true.
- 1988, Lois McMaster Bujold, Falling Free, Baen Publishing, ?ISBN, page 96:
- The crate shifted on its pallet, out of sync now. As the lift withdrew, the crate skidded with it, dragged by friction and gravity, skewing farther and farther from true.
- 1904, Lester Gray French, Machinery, Volume 10:
- (uncountable, obsolete) Truth.
- (countable, obsolete) A pledge or truce.
Derived terms
- in true
- out of true
Translations
Verb
true (third-person singular simple present trues, present participle trueing or truing, simple past and past participle trued)
- To straighten (of something that is supposed to be straight).
- To make even, level, symmetrical, or accurate, align; adjust.
Usage notes
- Often followed by up.
Derived terms
- true-up
Translations
Anagrams
- -uret, rute
Danish
Etymology
From Old Norse þrúga, Proto-Germanic *þr?g?n?, cognate with Swedish truga. The verb is related to Danish trykke and German drücken (“to press”) (= *þrukkijan?), but apparently not to German drohen (“threaten”) (= *þraujan?) or English threaten (= *þraut?n?).
Pronunciation
IPA(key): /tru??/, [?t???u?u], [?t???o?o]
Verb
true (past tense truede, past participle truet)
- to threaten
Inflection
Further reading
- “true” in Den Danske Ordbog
- “true” in Ordbog over det danske Sprog
Middle English
Adjective
true
- Alternative form of trewe
Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology
From Old Norse þrúga
Verb
true (imperative tru, present tense truer, passive trues, simple past and past participle trua or truet)
- to threaten
Derived terms
- truende
- utrydningstruet
Related terms
- trussel
References
- “true” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk
Alternative forms
- trua, truge
Etymology
From Old Norse þrúga
Verb
true (present tense truar, past tense trua, past participle trua, passive infinitive truast, present participle truande, imperative tru)
- to threaten
Related terms
- trussel
References
- “true” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
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