Complete Definition of "sure"

see|sûre|süre
English

rank|er|children|English|320|sure|indeed|leave|rest

Pronunciation
(Received Pronunciation|UK) IPA|/���(ɹ)/, SAMPA|/SU@(r)/
(General American|US) IPA|/��ɹ/, SAMPA|/SUr/
audio|en-us-sure.ogg|Audio (US)
Rhymes: Rhymes:English:-��(r)|-��(r)

Homophones
shaw italbrac|in some non-rhotic dialects
w:Shaw|Shaw italbrac|in some non-rhotic dialects
shore italbrac|in some dialects

Adjective
en-adj-er-e|sur|e

  1. Physically secure and certain, non-failing, reliable.

Synonyms
italbrac-colon|secure and certain certain, failsafe, reliable

Translations
trans-top|physically secure and certain, reliable
Arabic: ARchar|ا��د unicode|(�akí:d)
Chinese: 確�, 确� (quèdìng), �� (d�ngrán)
Dutch: zeker
Finnish: varma
French: sûr m, sûre f
German: sicher
Hebrew: ����
Hungarian: biztos
Italian: sicuro m, sicura f, certo m, certa f
trans-mid
Japanese: 確�� (����, tashika na)
Korean: ��� (hwaksilhan)
Macedonian: �иг��но
Polish: pewny, pewien m, pewna f, pewne n
Portuguese: certo, seguro
Romanian: sigur
Russian: �ве�енн�й (uvérennyj)
Scots: shuir
Spanish: seguro
Swedish: säker
Turkish: emin
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Interjection
en-intj

  1. Yes, of course.

Synonyms
italbrac-colon|yes, of course certainly, of course, OK, yes

Translations
trans-top|yes, of course
French: bien sûr
German: sicher
Hebrew: ���
trans-mid
Italian: certo
Slovenian: seveda
Swedish: jodå
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French

Adjective
sure f

  1. feminine of sûr#French|sûr
  2. feminine of sur#French|sur

Old English

Etymology
From Germanic, related to sur#Old English|sūr �sour�.

Pronunciation
IPA|/'su:re/

Noun
unicode|sūre f

  1. sorrel

Category:Old English nouns


Romanian

Adjective
sure

  1. plural feminine/neuter form of sur

Swedish

Adjective
sure

  1. See sur

Category:Swedish adjective forms

fr:sure
ko:sure
io:sure
it:sure
hu:sure
nl:sure
ja:sure
pl:sure
fi:sure
sv:sure
te:sure
vi:sure
tr:sure

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