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Sur

(sʊə) or

Sour

n
(Placename) transliteration of the Arabic name for Tyre
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Sur

(sʊər)

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

sur-1

,
a prefix meaning “over, above,” “in addition”: surcharge; surname; surrender.
[Middle English < Old French < Latin super- super-]

sur-2

,
var. of sub- before r: surrogate.
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ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:
Noun1.Sur - a port in southern Lebanon on the Mediterranean SeaSur - a port in southern Lebanon on the Mediterranean Sea; formerly a major Phoenician seaport famous for silks
Tyre
Lebanese Republic, Lebanon - an Asian republic at east end of Mediterranean
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itt bin that hur lashipp prevent mee; for to bee sur, Sir, you nose
thing, to be sur shee is won of thee best ladis in thee wurld, and
To bee sur if ever I ave sad any thing of that kine it as bin
sur if ani boddi ad tolde mee yesterday, that I shud haf bin in so
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Sur une gamme chromatique, Le sein de peries ruisselant, La Venus de l'Adriatique Sort de l'eau son corps rose et blanc.
Devant une facade rose, Sur le marbre d'un escalier.
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His patés à la fois were beyond doubt immaculate; but what pen can do justice to his essays sur la Nature - his thoughts sur l'Ame - his observations sur l'Esprit ?
{*2} Ils ecrivaient sur la Philosophie (Cicero, Lucretius, Seneca) mais c'etait la Philosophie Grecque.
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She is making the tour du monde entirely alone, without even a soubrette to carry the ensign, for the purpose of seeing for herself a quoi s'en tenir sur les hommes et les choses- -on les hommes particularly.
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His Olympia seemed to me the greatest picture of modern times, and Le Dejeuner sur l'Herbe moved me profoundly.
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"Vous comptez vous faire des rentes sur l'etat;* you want to make something out of your company?"
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"If you're looking down past the Sur for it, it will keep," he laughed.
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