What does sur mean?

Definitions for sur
sʊərsur

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. Sur, Tyrenoun

    a port in southern Lebanon on the Mediterranean Sea; formerly a major Phoenician seaport famous for silks

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary

  1. Sur

    In composition, means upon or over and above.

    Etymology: sur, French.

ChatGPT

  1. sur

    In a mathematical context, a function is "surjective" or a "surjection" if every element of the function's codomain (output set) also corresponds to an element of its domain (input set). This term is often shortened to "sur" in mathematical discussions. In general everyday use, "sur" is the French word for "on" or "above". It is also used as a prefix in English to mean "over", "above", or "in addition".

Wikidata

  1. Sur

    Sur was a literary magazine published in Buenos Aires. Its main backer was Victoria Ocampo, and it was supported intellectually by the Spanish philosopher José Ortega y Gasset. Many of the earliest editions of Sur carry the colophon of Ortega's Revista de Occidente. Notable contributors and sometime editors include Jorge Luis Borges, Adolfo Bioy Casares and Borges' Spanish brother-in-law Guillermo de Torre. The journal was first published in 1931, with the assistance of a multidisciplinary team of collaborators, among them Victoria's old friend and translator Pelegrina Pastorino, though declining readership led to its irregular publication after 1966. The last copy was published in 1992.

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  1. SUR

    What does SUR stand for? -- Explore the various meanings for the SUR acronym on the Abbreviations.com website.

Surnames Frequency by Census Records

  1. SUR

    According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Sur is ranked #32865 in terms of the most common surnames in America.

    The Sur surname appeared 698 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 0 would have the surname Sur.

    67% or 468 total occurrences were Asian.
    20.4% or 143 total occurrences were White.
    7.3% or 51 total occurrences were of two or more races.
    4.3% or 30 total occurrences were of Hispanic origin.

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of sur in Chaldean Numerology is: 2

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of sur in Pythagorean Numerology is: 4

Examples of sur in a Sentence

  1. Charles de LEUSSE:

    Sheep are under the bed, but the wolf is on the bed. (Les moutons sont sous le lit. Mais le loup est sur le lit)

  2. Abderrahman Hassi:

    Du moment que l'on arrête de lire, on s'engage sur la voie de la paresse intellectuelle.

  3. Charles de LEUSSE:

    We write "I love you" on the mouth by the kisses that touch it. (On écrit "je t'aime" sur bouche - Par les bisous qui la touchent.)

  4. Charles de LEUSSE:

    Rain on your body burned my heart. (Pluie sur ton corps - Brûla mon coeur.)

  5. Charles de LEUSSE:

    A kiss on one cheek makes her blush both cheeks. (Un bisou sur une joue Fait rougir les deux joues)

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    a custom among some peoples whereby the husband of a pregnant wife is put to bed at the time of bearing the child
    A subrogation
    B schlockmeister
    C sousing
    D couvade

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