See sure on Wiktionary
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See cure. Doublet of secure and the now obsolete or dialectal sicker (“certain, safe”).\nDisplaced native Middle English wis, iwis (“certain, sure”) (from Old English ġewis, ġewiss (“certain, sure”)), as well as Middle English siker (“sure, secure”) (from Old English sicor (“secure, sure”)) with which it was cognate.", "forms": [ { "form": "surer", "tags": [ "comparative" ] }, { "form": "surest", "tags": [ "superlative" ] } ], "head_templates": [ { "args": { "1": "er" }, "expansion": "sure (comparative surer, superlative surest)", "name": "en-adj" } ], "lang": "English", "lang_code": "en", "pos": "adj", "senses": [ { "categories": [], "examples": [ { "text": "This investment is a sure thing. The bailiff had a sure grip on the prisoner's arm.", "type": "example" } ], "glosses": [ "Physically secure and certain, non-failing, reliable." ], "id": "en-sure-en-adj-5UMfqG9h", "links": [ [ "secure", "secure" ], [ "certain", "certain" ] ], "translations": [ { "_dis1": "40 26 24 9 2", "code": "ar", "lang": "Arabic", "roman": "ʔakīd", "sense": "certain, reliable", "word": "أَكِيد" }, { "_dis1": "40 26 24 9 2", "code": "hy", "lang": "Armenian", "roman": "vstah", "sense": "certain, reliable", "word": "վստահ" }, { "_dis1": "40 26 24 9 2", "code": "rup", "lang": "Aromanian", "sense": "certain, reliable", "word": "sigur" }, { "_dis1": "40 26 24 9 2", "code": "eu", "lang": "Basque", "sense": "certain, reliable", "word": "seguru" }, { "_dis1": "40 26 24 9 2", "code": "bg", "lang": "Bulgarian", "roman": "síguren", "sense": "certain, reliable", "word": "си́гурен" }, { "_dis1": "40 26 24 9 2", "code": "ca", "lang": "Catalan", "sense": "certain, reliable", "word": "segur" }, { "_dis1": "40 26 24 9 2", "code": "ccc", "lang": "Chamicuro", "sense": "certain, reliable", "word": "akachelo'ta" }, { "_dis1": "40 26 24 9 2", "code": "cmn", "lang": "Chinese Mandarin", "sense": "certain, reliable", "word": "確定" }, { "_dis1": "40 26 24 9 2", "code": "cmn", "lang": "Chinese Mandarin", "roman": "quèdìng", "sense": "certain, reliable", "word": "确定" }, { "_dis1": "40 26 24 9 2", "code": "cs", "lang": "Czech", "sense": "certain, reliable", "word": "jistý" }, { "_dis1": "40 26 24 9 2", "code": "nl", "lang": "Dutch", "sense": "certain, reliable", "word": "zeker" }, { "_dis1": "40 26 24 9 2", "code": "fi", "lang": "Finnish", "sense": "certain, reliable", "word": "varma" }, { "_dis1": "40 26 24 9 2", "code": "fr", "lang": "French", "sense": "certain, reliable", "tags": [ "masculine" ], "word": "sûr" }, { "_dis1": "40 26 24 9 2", "code": "fr", "lang": "French", "sense": "certain, reliable", "tags": [ "feminine" ], "word": "sûre" }, { "_dis1": "40 26 24 9 2", "code": "fr", "lang": "French", "sense": "certain, reliable", "word": "certain" }, { "_dis1": "40 26 24 9 2", "code": "fur", "lang": "Friulian", "sense": "certain, reliable", "word": "sigûr" }, { "_dis1": "40 26 24 9 2", "code": "fur", "lang": "Friulian", "sense": "certain, reliable", "word": "ciert" }, { "_dis1": "40 26 24 9 2", "code": "gl", "lang": "Galician", "sense": "certain, reliable", "word": "certo" }, { "_dis1": "40 26 24 9 2", "code": "gl", "lang": "Galician", "sense": "certain, reliable", "word": "seguro" }, { "_dis1": "40 26 24 9 2", "code": "ka", "lang": "Georgian", "roman": "sando", "sense": "certain, reliable", "word": "სანდო" }, { "_dis1": "40 26 24 9 2", "code": "de", "lang": "German", "sense": "certain, reliable", "word": "sicher" }, { "_dis1": "40 26 24 9 2", "code": "de", "lang": "German", "sense": "certain, reliable", "word": "stichhaltig" }, { "_dis1": "40 26 24 9 2", "code": "de", "lang": "German", "sense": "certain, reliable", "word": "hieb- und stichfest" }, { "_dis1": "40 26 24 9 2", "code": "de", "lang": "German", "sense": "certain, reliable", "word": "wasserdicht" }, { "_dis1": "40 26 24 9 2", "code": "el", "lang": "Greek", "roman": "asfalís", "sense": "certain, reliable", "word": "ασφαλής" }, { "_dis1": "40 26 24 9 2", "code": "he", "lang": "Hebrew", "roman": "batúakh", "sense": "certain, reliable", "word": "בָּטוּחַ" }, { "_dis1": "40 26 24 9 2", "code": "hu", "lang": "Hungarian", "sense": "certain, reliable", "word": "biztos" }, { "_dis1": "40 26 24 9 2", "code": "ga", "lang": "Irish", "sense": "certain, reliable", "word": "dearfa" }, { "_dis1": "40 26 24 9 2", "code": "ga", "lang": "Irish", "sense": "certain, reliable", "word": "deimhin" }, { "_dis1": "40 26 24 9 2", "code": "it", "lang": "Italian", "sense": "certain, reliable", "tags": [ "masculine" ], "word": "sicuro" }, { "_dis1": "40 26 24 9 2", "code": "it", "lang": "Italian", "sense": "certain, reliable", "tags": [ "feminine" ], "word": "sicura" }, { "_dis1": "40 26 24 9 2", "code": "it", "lang": "Italian", "sense": "certain, reliable", "tags": [ "masculine" ], "word": "certo" }, { "_dis1": "40 26 24 9 2", "code": "it", "lang": "Italian", "sense": "certain, reliable", "tags": [ "feminine" ], "word": "certa" }, { "_dis1": "40 26 24 9 2", "alt": "たしか", "code": "ja", "lang": "Japanese", "roman": "tashika", "sense": "certain, reliable", "word": "確か" }, { "_dis1": "40 26 24 9 2", "code": "ko", "lang": "Korean", "roman": "hwaksilhada", "sense": "certain, reliable", "word": "확실하다" }, { "_dis1": "40 26 24 9 2", "code": "lld", "lang": "Ladin", "sense": "certain, reliable", "word": "cert" }, { "_dis1": "40 26 24 9 2", "code": "lld", "lang": "Ladin", "sense": "certain, reliable", "word": "cërt" }, { "_dis1": "40 26 24 9 2", "code": "la", "lang": "Latin", "sense": "certain, reliable", "word": "certus" }, { "_dis1": "40 26 24 9 2", "code": "mk", "lang": "Macedonian", "roman": "siguren", "sense": "certain, reliable", "word": "сигурен" }, { "_dis1": "40 26 24 9 2", "code": "nrf", "lang": "Norman", "sense": "certain, reliable", "word": "seux" }, { "_dis1": "40 26 24 9 2", "code": "oc", "lang": "Occitan", "sense": "certain, reliable", "word": "segur" }, { "_dis1": "40 26 24 9 2", "code": "fa", "lang": "Persian", "roman": "motma'enn, motma'en", "sense": "certain, reliable", "word": "مطمئن" }, { "_dis1": "40 26 24 9 2", "code": "pdt", "lang": "Plautdietsch", "sense": "certain, reliable", "word": "wess" }, { "_dis1": "40 26 24 9 2", "code": "pl", "lang": "Polish", "sense": "certain, reliable", "word": "pewny" }, { "_dis1": "40 26 24 9 2", "code": "pl", "lang": "Polish", "sense": "certain, reliable", "word": "pewien" }, { "_dis1": "40 26 24 9 2", "code": "pt", "lang": "Portuguese", "sense": "certain, reliable", "word": "certo" }, { "_dis1": "40 26 24 9 2", "code": "pt", "lang": "Portuguese", "sense": "certain, reliable", "word": "seguro" }, { "_dis1": "40 26 24 9 2", "code": "ro", "lang": "Romanian", "sense": "certain, reliable", "word": "sigur" }, { "_dis1": "40 26 24 9 2", "code": "ro", "lang": "Romanian", "sense": "certain, reliable", "word": "cert" }, { "_dis1": "40 26 24 9 2", "code": "rm", "lang": "Romansch", "sense": "certain, reliable", "word": "segir" }, { "_dis1": "40 26 24 9 2", "code": "rm", "lang": "Romansch", "sense": "certain, reliable", "word": "sieir" }, { "_dis1": "40 26 24 9 2", "code": "rm", "lang": "Romansch", "sense": "certain, reliable", "word": "siir" }, { "_dis1": "40 26 24 9 2", "code": "rm", "lang": "Romansch", "sense": "certain, reliable", "word": "sgür" }, { "_dis1": "40 26 24 9 2", "code": "ru", "lang": "Russian", "roman": "uvérennyj", "sense": "certain, reliable", "word": "уве́ренный" }, { "_dis1": "40 26 24 9 2", "code": "ru", "lang": "Russian", "roman": "nadjóžnyj", "sense": "certain, reliable", "word": "надёжный" }, { "_dis1": "40 26 24 9 2", "code": "ru", "lang": "Russian", "roman": "vérnyj", "sense": "certain, reliable", "word": "ве́рный" }, { "_dis1": "40 26 24 9 2", "code": "sc", "lang": "Sardinian", "sense": "certain, reliable", "word": "securu" }, { "_dis1": "40 26 24 9 2", "code": "sc", "lang": "Sardinian", "sense": "certain, reliable", "word": "seguru" }, { "_dis1": "40 26 24 9 2", "code": "sc", "lang": "Sardinian", "sense": "certain, reliable", "word": "sicuru" }, { "_dis1": "40 26 24 9 2", "code": "sc", "lang": "Sardinian", "sense": "certain, reliable", "word": "siguru" }, { "_dis1": "40 26 24 9 2", "code": "sco", "lang": "Scots", "sense": "certain, reliable", "word": "shuir" }, { "_dis1": "40 26 24 9 2", "code": "gd", "lang": "Scottish Gaelic", "sense": "certain, reliable", "word": "cinnteach" }, { "_dis1": "40 26 24 9 2", "code": "gd", "lang": "Scottish Gaelic", "sense": "certain, reliable", "word": "deimhinn" }, { "_dis1": "40 26 24 9 2", "code": "scn", "lang": "Sicilian", "sense": "certain, reliable", "word": "sicuru" }, { "_dis1": "40 26 24 9 2", "code": "scn", "lang": "Sicilian", "sense": "certain, reliable", "word": "siguro" }, { "_dis1": "40 26 24 9 2", "code": "scn", "lang": "Sicilian", "sense": "certain, reliable", "word": "certu" }, { "_dis1": "40 26 24 9 2", "code": "es", "lang": "Spanish", "sense": "certain, reliable", "word": "seguro" }, { "_dis1": "40 26 24 9 2", "code": "sv", "lang": "Swedish", "sense": "certain, reliable", "word": "säker" }, { "_dis1": "40 26 24 9 2", "code": "tr", "lang": "Turkish", "sense": "certain, reliable", "word": "emin" }, { "_dis1": "40 26 24 9 2", "code": "uk", "lang": "Ukrainian", "roman": "upévnenyj", "sense": "certain, reliable", "word": "упе́внений" }, { "_dis1": "40 26 24 9 2", "code": "vec", "lang": "Venetian", "sense": "certain, reliable", "word": "çerto" }, { "_dis1": "40 26 24 9 2", "code": "vec", "lang": "Venetian", "sense": "certain, reliable", "word": "serto" }, { "_dis1": "40 26 24 9 2", "code": "vec", "lang": "Venetian", "sense": "certain, reliable", "word": "sigur" }, { "_dis1": "40 26 24 9 2", "code": "vec", "lang": "Venetian", "sense": "certain, reliable", "word": "siguro" }, { "_dis1": "40 26 24 9 2", "code": "vec", "lang": "Venetian", "sense": "certain, reliable", "word": "seguro" }, { "_dis1": "40 26 24 9 2", "code": "cy", "lang": "Welsh", "sense": "certain, reliable", "word": "siwr" }, { "_dis1": "40 26 24 9 2", "code": "cy", "lang": "Welsh", "sense": "certain, reliable", "word": "sicr" } ] }, { "categories": [], "examples": [ { "ref": "1897 December (indicated as 1898), Winston Churchill, chapter IV, in The Celebrity: An Episode, New York, N.Y.: The Macmillan Company; London: Macmillan & Co., Ltd., →OCLC, page 58:", "text": "The Celebrity, by arts unknown, induced Mrs. Judge Short and two other ladies to call at Mohair on a certain afternoon when Mr. Cooke was trying a trotter on the track. The three returned wondering and charmed with Mrs. Cooke; they were sure she had had no hand in the furnishing of that atrocious house.", "type": "quote" }, { "ref": "2008 November 21, Graham Linehan, The IT Crowd, Season 3, Episode 1", "text": "Roy: I'm 95% sure it was him.\nJen: You... you said you were 99% sure.\nRoy: I'm 97% sure it was him." }, { "text": "He is sure she was lying.", "type": "example" }, { "text": "He was sure of being a finalist.", "type": "example" }, { "text": "They aren't completely sure who will attend.", "type": "example" }, { "text": "You seemed sure that the car was his.", "type": "example" } ], "glosses": [ "Certain in one's knowledge or belief." ], "id": "en-sure-en-adj-W8XDNJV5", "links": [ [ "knowledge", "knowledge" ], [ "belief", "belief" ] ], "synonyms": [ { "_dis1": "6 88 4 1 1", "sense": "steadfast in one's knowledge or belief", "word": "certain" }, { "_dis1": "6 88 4 1 1", "sense": "steadfast in one's knowledge or belief", "word": "positive" }, { "_dis1": "6 88 4 1 1", "sense": "steadfast in one's knowledge or belief", "word": "wis" } ], "translations": [ { "_dis1": "15 72 12 1 0", "code": "ar", "lang": "Arabic", "roman": "mutaʔakkid", "sense": "certain in one's knowledge or belief", "word": "مُتَأَكِّد" }, { "_dis1": "15 72 12 1 0", "code": "acw", "lang": "Arabic", "roman": "mutʔakkid", "sense": "certain in one's knowledge or belief", "tags": [ "Hijazi-Arabic" ], "word": "مُتْأكِّد" }, { "_dis1": "15 72 12 1 0", "code": "hy", "lang": "Armenian", "roman": "hastatun", "sense": "certain in one's knowledge or belief", "word": "հաստատուն" }, { "_dis1": "15 72 12 1 0", "code": "eu", "lang": "Basque", "sense": "certain in one's knowledge or belief", "word": "seguru" }, { "_dis1": "15 72 12 1 0", "code": "be", "lang": "Belarusian", "roman": "upéŭnjeny", "sense": "certain in one's knowledge or belief", "word": "упэ́ўнены" }, { "_dis1": "15 72 12 1 0", "code": "be", "lang": "Belarusian", "roman": "péŭny", "sense": "certain in one's knowledge or belief", "word": "пэ́ўны" }, { "_dis1": "15 72 12 1 0", "code": "bg", "lang": "Bulgarian", "roman": "uvéren", "sense": "certain in one's knowledge or belief", "word": "уве́рен" }, { "_dis1": "15 72 12 1 0", "code": "bg", "lang": "Bulgarian", "roman": "síguren", "sense": "certain in one's knowledge or belief", "word": "си́гурен" }, { "_dis1": "15 72 12 1 0", "code": "ca", "lang": "Catalan", "sense": "certain in one's knowledge or belief", "word": "segur" }, { "_dis1": "15 72 12 1 0", "code": "cmn", "lang": "Chinese Mandarin", "sense": "certain in one's knowledge or belief", "word": "確定" }, { "_dis1": "15 72 12 1 0", "code": "cmn", "lang": "Chinese Mandarin", "roman": "quèdìng", "sense": "certain in one's knowledge or belief", "word": "确定" }, { "_dis1": "15 72 12 1 0", "code": "cs", "lang": "Czech", "sense": "certain in one's knowledge or belief", "word": "jistý" }, { "_dis1": "15 72 12 1 0", "code": "da", "lang": "Danish", "sense": "certain in one's knowledge or belief", "word": "sikker" }, { "_dis1": "15 72 12 1 0", "code": "nl", "lang": "Dutch", "sense": "certain in one's knowledge or belief", "word": "zeker" }, { "_dis1": "15 72 12 1 0", "code": "eo", "lang": "Esperanto", "sense": "certain in one's knowledge or belief", "word": "certa" }, { "_dis1": "15 72 12 1 0", "code": "fi", "lang": "Finnish", "sense": "certain in one's knowledge or belief", "word": "varma" }, { "_dis1": "15 72 12 1 0", "code": "fr", "lang": "French", "sense": "certain in one's knowledge or belief", "word": "sûr" }, { "_dis1": "15 72 12 1 0", "code": "fr", "lang": "French", "sense": "certain in one's knowledge or belief", "word": "certain" }, { "_dis1": "15 72 12 1 0", "code": "gl", "lang": "Galician", "sense": "certain in one's knowledge or belief", "word": "certo" }, { "_dis1": "15 72 12 1 0", "code": "ka", "lang": "Georgian", "roman": "darc̣munebuli", "sense": "certain in one's knowledge or belief", "word": "დარწმუნებული" }, { "_dis1": "15 72 12 1 0", "code": "de", "lang": 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"sicuro" }, { "_dis1": "15 72 12 1 0", "alt": "かくしんした", "code": "ja", "lang": "Japanese", "roman": "kakushin shita", "sense": "certain in one's knowledge or belief", "word": "確信した" }, { "_dis1": "15 72 12 1 0", "code": "ko", "lang": "Korean", "roman": "hwaksilhada", "sense": "certain in one's knowledge or belief", "word": "확실하다" }, { "_dis1": "15 72 12 1 0", "code": "mk", "lang": "Macedonian", "roman": "siguren", "sense": "certain in one's knowledge or belief", "word": "сигурен" }, { "_dis1": "15 72 12 1 0", "code": "mk", "lang": "Macedonian", "roman": "uveren", "sense": "certain in one's knowledge or belief", "word": "уверен" }, { "_dis1": "15 72 12 1 0", "code": "swb", "lang": "Maore Comorian", "sense": "certain in one's knowledge or belief", "word": "na yakini" }, { "_dis1": "15 72 12 1 0", "code": "nb", "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål", "sense": "certain in one's knowledge or belief", "word": "sikker" }, { "_dis1": "15 72 12 1 0", "code": "ang", "lang": "Old English", "sense": "certain 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Robinson for] Richard Iones, […], published 1592, →OCLC; reprinted as Tamburlaine the Great (A Scolar Press Facsimile), Menston, Yorkshire, London: Scolar Press, 1973, →ISBN, Act II, scene iii:", "text": "Theſe are the wings ſhall make it flie as ſwift,\nAs dooth the lightening: or the breath of heauen,\nAnd kill as ſure as it ſwiftly flies.", "type": "quote" } ], "glosses": [ "Without fail, surely." ], "id": "en-sure-en-adv-9wGEwPZW", "links": [ [ "Without fail", "without fail" ], [ "surely", "surely" ] ], "raw_glosses": [ "(archaic) Without fail, surely." ], "tags": [ "archaic" ] } ], "sounds": [ { "ipa": "/ʃʊə/", "tags": [ "Received-Pronunciation" ] }, { "ipa": "/ʃɔː/", "note": "pour–poor merger", "tags": [ "Received-Pronunciation" ] }, { "ipa": "/ʃoː/", "tags": [ "General-Australian", "New-Zealand" ] }, { "ipa": "/ʃʊɹ/", "tags": [ "General-American" ] }, { "ipa": "/ʃɝ/", "note": "cure–fir merger", "tags": [ "General-American" ] }, { "ipa": "/ʃɔɹ/", "note": "pour–poor merger", "tags": [ "General-American" ] }, { "audio": "en-us-sure.ogg", "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/e/ed/En-us-sure.ogg/En-us-sure.ogg.mp3", "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/ed/En-us-sure.ogg" }, { "audio": "en-us-sure2.ogg", "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/a/a3/En-us-sure2.ogg/En-us-sure2.ogg.mp3", "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/a3/En-us-sure2.ogg" }, { "ipa": "/ʃɔɹ/", "tags": [ "Canada" ] }, { "ipa": "/ʃɝ/", "note": "cure–fir merger", "tags": [ "Canada" ] }, { "ipa": "/ʃuɚ/", "tags": [ "New-York-City" ] }, { "ipa": "/ʃoʊ/", "note": "non-rhotic, show–sure merger, African-American Vernacular" }, { "ipa": "/ʃʉːɹ/", "tags": [ "Northern-Ireland", "Scotland" ] }, { "ipa": "/ˈʃuːɹ/", "tags": [ "Ireland" ] }, { "ipa": "/sjʊəɹ/", "tags": [ "obsolete" ] }, { "ipa": "/sjuːɹ/", "tags": [ "obsolete" ] }, { "ipa": "/sɪʊ̯ɹ/", "tags": [ "obsolete" ] }, { "homophone": "shore (pour–poor merger)" }, { "homophone": "shaw" }, { "homophone": "Shaw (paw–poor merger)" }, { "homophone": "show (show–sure merger)" }, { "rhymes": "-ʊə(ɹ)" }, { "rhymes": "-ɔː(ɹ)" } ], "synonyms": [ { "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0", "word": "sho" }, { "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0", "word": "sho'" } ], "word": "sure" } { "etymology_templates": [ { "args": { "1": "en", "2": "enm", "3": "sure" }, "expansion": "Middle English sure", "name": "inh" }, { "args": { "1": "en", "2": "frm", "3": "sur" }, "expansion": "Middle French sur", "name": "der" }, { "args": { "1": "en", "2": "fro", "3": "seür" }, "expansion": "Old French seür", "name": "der" }, { "args": { "1": "en", "2": "la", "3": "sēcūrus", "4": "", "5": "secure", "lit": "carefree" }, "expansion": "Latin sēcūrus (“secure”, literally “carefree”)", "name": "der" }, { "args": { "1": "ang", "2": "orsorg", "3": "", "4": "carefree" }, "expansion": "Old English orsorg (“carefree”)", "name": "cog" }, { "args": { "1": "en", "2": "secure" }, "expansion": "Doublet of secure", "name": "doublet" }, { "args": { "1": "enm", "2": "wis", "3": "wis, iwis", "4": "certain, sure" }, "expansion": "Middle English wis, iwis (“certain, sure”)", "name": "noncog" }, { "args": { "1": "ang", "2": "gewiss", "3": "ġewis, ġewiss", "4": "certain, sure" }, "expansion": "Old English ġewis, ġewiss (“certain, sure”)", "name": "noncog" }, { "args": { "1": "enm", "2": "siker", "3": "", "4": "sure, secure" }, "expansion": "Middle English siker (“sure, secure”)", "name": "m+" }, { "args": { "1": "ang", "2": "sicor", "3": "", "4": "secure, sure" }, "expansion": "Old English sicor (“secure, sure”)", "name": "cog" } ], "etymology_text": "From Middle English sure, seur, sur, from Middle French sur or Old French seür, from Latin sēcūrus (“secure”, literally “carefree”), from sē- (“apart”) + cūra (“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”).\nDisplaced native Middle English wis, iwis (“certain, sure”) (from Old English ġewis, ġewiss (“certain, sure”)), as well as Middle English siker (“sure, secure”) (from Old English sicor (“secure, sure”)) with which it was cognate.", "head_templates": [ { "args": {}, "expansion": "sure", "name": "en-interj" } ], "lang": "English", "lang_code": "en", "pos": "intj", "senses": [ { "categories": [], "examples": [ { "text": "\"Do you want me to put this in the garage?\" \"Sure, go ahead.\"", "type": "example" } ], "glosses": [ "Yes, expressing noncommittal agreement or consent." ], "id": "en-sure-en-intj-wLQsbLK3", "links": [ [ "Yes", "yes" ] ] }, { "categories": [], "examples": [ { "text": "\"Could you tell me where the washrooms are?\" \"Sure, they're in the corner over there.\"", "type": "example" } ], "glosses": [ "Yes; of course." ], "id": "en-sure-en-intj-6TJX-DW4", "links": [ [ "of course", "of course" ] ], "translations": [ { "_dis1": "0 93 7", "code": "ar", "lang": "Arabic", "roman": "ṭabʕan", "sense": "of course", "word": "طَبْعًا" }, { "_dis1": "0 93 7", "code": "ar", "lang": "Arabic", "roman": "ʔakīd", "sense": "of course", "word": "أَكِيد" }, { "_dis1": "0 93 7", "code": "hy", "lang": "Armenian", "roman": "iharke", "sense": "of course", "word": "իհարկե" }, { "_dis1": "0 93 7", "code": "hy", "lang": "Armenian", "roman": "anšušt", "sense": "of course", "word": "անշուշտ" }, { "_dis1": "0 93 7", "code": "cmn", "lang": "Chinese Mandarin", "sense": "of course", "word": "當然" }, { "_dis1": "0 93 7", "code": "cmn", "lang": "Chinese Mandarin", "roman": "dāngrán", "sense": "of course", "word": "当然" }, { "_dis1": "0 93 7", "code": "fi", "lang": "Finnish", "sense": "of course", "word": "toki" }, { "_dis1": "0 93 7", "code": "fr", "lang": "French", "sense": "of course", "word": "bien sûr" }, { "_dis1": "0 93 7", "code": "ka", "lang": "Georgian", "roman": "utuod", "sense": "of course", "word": "უთუოდ" }, { "_dis1": "0 93 7", "code": "de", "lang": "German", "sense": "of course", "word": "sicher" }, { "_dis1": "0 93 7", "code": "el", "lang": "Greek", "roman": "vevaíos", "sense": "of course", "word": "βεβαίως" }, { "_dis1": "0 93 7", "code": "he", "lang": "Hebrew", "sense": "of course", "word": "בטח" }, { "_dis1": "0 93 7", "code": "hu", "lang": "Hungarian", "sense": "of course", "word": "persze" }, { "_dis1": "0 93 7", "code": "hu", "lang": "Hungarian", "sense": "of course", "word": "hogyne" }, { "_dis1": "0 93 7", "code": "it", "lang": "Italian", "sense": "of course", "word": "certo" }, { "_dis1": "0 93 7", "code": "ja", "lang": "Japanese", "roman": "mochiron", "sense": "of course", "word": "もちろん" }, { "_dis1": "0 93 7", "code": "ko", "lang": "Korean", "roman": "mullon", "sense": "of course", "word": "물론" }, { "_dis1": "0 93 7", "code": "nb", "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål", "sense": "of course", "word": "jepp" }, { "_dis1": "0 93 7", "code": "nb", "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål", "sense": "of course", "word": "ja visst" }, { "_dis1": "0 93 7", "code": "pl", "lang": "Polish", "sense": "of course", "word": "oczywiście" }, { "_dis1": "0 93 7", "code": "pl", "english": "exclamation", "lang": "Polish", "sense": "of course", "word": "pewnie!" }, { "_dis1": "0 93 7", "code": "pl", "lang": "Polish", "sense": "of course", "word": "naturalnie" }, { "_dis1": "0 93 7", "code": "pt", "lang": "Portuguese", "sense": "of course", "word": "tá" }, { "_dis1": "0 93 7", "code": "pt", "lang": "Portuguese", "sense": "of course", "word": "claro" }, { "_dis1": "0 93 7", "code": "pt", "lang": "Portuguese", "sense": "of course", "word": "tudo bem" }, { "_dis1": "0 93 7", "code": "ro", "lang": "Romanian", "sense": "of course", "word": "sigur" }, { "_dis1": "0 93 7", "code": "ru", "lang": "Russian", "roman": "konéčno", "sense": "of course", "word": "коне́чно" }, { "_dis1": "0 93 7", "code": "sk", "lang": "Slovak", "sense": "of course", "word": "určite" }, { "_dis1": "0 93 7", "code": "sl", "lang": "Slovene", "sense": "of course", "word": "sevéda" }, { "_dis1": "0 93 7", "code": "es", "lang": "Spanish", "sense": "of course", "word": "por supuesto" }, { "_dis1": "0 93 7", "code": "es", "lang": "Spanish", "sense": "of course", "word": "claro" }, { "_dis1": "0 93 7", "code": "sv", "lang": "Swedish", "sense": "of course", "word": "visst" }, { "_dis1": "0 93 7", "code": "sv", "lang": "Swedish", "sense": "of course", "word": "jodå" }, { "_dis1": "0 93 7", "code": "sv", "lang": "Swedish", "sense": "of course", "word": "självklart" }, { "_dis1": "0 93 7", "code": "uk", "lang": "Ukrainian", "roman": "zvísno", "sense": "of course", "word": "зві́сно" } ] }, { "categories": [], "examples": [ { "text": "\"Thanks for helping me with that electrical fault.\" \"Sure. Any time.\"", "type": "example" } ], "glosses": [ "You're welcome; polite response to being thanked." ], "id": "en-sure-en-intj-rP~CxsuL", "links": [ [ "You're welcome", "you're welcome" ] ], "synonyms": [ { "_dis1": "16 15 70", "sense": "response to being thanked", "word": "of course" } ] } ], "sounds": [ { "ipa": "/ʃʊə/", "tags": [ "Received-Pronunciation" ] }, { "ipa": "/ʃɔː/", "note": "pour–poor merger", "tags": [ "Received-Pronunciation" ] }, { "ipa": "/ʃoː/", "tags": [ "General-Australian", "New-Zealand" ] }, { "ipa": "/ʃʊɹ/", "tags": [ "General-American" ] }, { "ipa": "/ʃɝ/", "note": "cure–fir merger", "tags": [ "General-American" ] }, { "ipa": "/ʃɔɹ/", "note": "pour–poor merger", "tags": [ "General-American" ] }, { "audio": "en-us-sure.ogg", "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/e/ed/En-us-sure.ogg/En-us-sure.ogg.mp3", "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/ed/En-us-sure.ogg" }, { "audio": "en-us-sure2.ogg", "mp3_url": 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"sho'" }, { "_dis1": "52 43 5", "sense": "noncommittal yes", "word": "OK" }, { "_dis1": "52 43 5", "sense": "noncommittal yes", "word": "yes" } ], "translations": [ { "_dis1": "52 43 5", "code": "bg", "lang": "Bulgarian", "roman": "razbira se", "sense": "noncommittal yes", "word": "разбира се" }, { "_dis1": "52 43 5", "code": "fi", "lang": "Finnish", "sense": "noncommittal yes", "word": "toki" }, { "_dis1": "52 43 5", "code": "fi", "lang": "Finnish", "sense": "noncommittal yes", "word": "vaikka" }, { "_dis1": "52 43 5", "code": "fr", "lang": "French", "sense": "noncommittal yes", "word": "d’accord" }, { "_dis1": "52 43 5", "code": "pl", "lang": "Polish", "sense": "noncommittal yes", "word": "pewnie" }, { "_dis1": "52 43 5", "code": "pl", "lang": "Polish", "sense": "noncommittal yes", "word": "jasne" }, { "_dis1": "52 43 5", "code": "pl", "lang": "Polish", "sense": "noncommittal yes", "word": "spoko" } ], "word": "sure" } { "head_templates": [ { "args": { "1": "da", "2": "adjective 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language header", "parents": [ "Entries with incorrect language header", "Entry maintenance" ], "source": "w+disamb" } ], "form_of": [ { "word": "surra" } ], "glosses": [ "inflection of surra:", "second-person singular present active imperative connegative" ], "id": "en-sure-fi-verb-VZlBWnp7", "links": [ [ "surra", "surra#Finnish" ] ], "tags": [ "active", "connegative", "form-of", "imperative", "present", "second-person", "singular" ] } ], "word": "sure" } { "head_templates": [ { "args": { "1": "fr", "2": "adjective form" }, "expansion": "sure", "name": "head" } ], "lang": "French", "lang_code": "fr", "pos": "adj", "senses": [ { "form_of": [ { "word": "sur" } ], "glosses": [ "feminine singular of sur" ], "id": "en-sure-fr-adj-ZwDA7ISc", "links": [ [ "sur", "sur#French" ] ], "tags": [ "feminine", "form-of", "singular" ] } ], "sounds": [ { "rhymes": "-yʁ" } ], "word": "sure" } { "head_templates": [ { "args": { "1": "fr", "2": "adjective form" }, "expansion": "sure", "name": "head" } ], "lang": "French", "lang_code": "fr", "pos": "adj", "senses": [ { "alt_of": [ { "word": "sûre" } ], "categories": [ { "_dis": "34 66", "kind": "other", "name": "French entries with incorrect language header", "parents": [ "Entries with incorrect language header", "Entry maintenance" ], "source": "w+disamb" } ], "glosses": [ "Alternative spelling of sûre" ], "id": "en-sure-fr-adj-Yu9t6OnY", "links": [ [ "sûre", "sûre#French" ] ], "tags": [ "alt-of", "alternative" ] } ], "sounds": [ { "rhymes": "-yʁ" } ], "word": "sure" } { "head_templates": [ { "args": { "1": "it", "2": "noun form" }, "expansion": "sure", "name": "head" } ], "hyphenation": [ "sù‧re" ], "lang": "Italian", "lang_code": "it", "pos": "noun", "senses": [ { "categories": [ { "kind": "other", "name": "Italian entries with incorrect language header", "parents": [ "Entries with incorrect language header", "Entry maintenance" ], "source": "w" }, { "kind": "other", "name": "Pages with 13 entries", "parents": [], "source": "w" }, { "kind": "other", "name": "Pages with entries", "parents": [], "source": "w" } ], "form_of": [ { "word": "sura" } ], "glosses": [ "plural of sura" ], "id": "en-sure-it-noun-r53regKW", "links": [ [ "sura", "sura#Italian" ] ], "tags": [ "form-of", "plural" ] } ], "sounds": [ { "ipa": "/ˈsu.re/" }, { "rhymes": "-ure" } ], "word": "sure" } { "categories": [ { "_dis": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0", "kind": "topical", "langcode": "enm", "name": "Security", "orig": "enm:Security", "parents": [ "Society", "All topics", "Fundamental" ], "source": "w+disamb" } ], "derived": [ { "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0", "word": "surely" }, { "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0", "word": "surement" }, { "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0", "word": "suren" }, { "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0", "word": "surenes" }, { "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0", "word": "surete" } ], "descendants": [ { "depth": 1, "templates": [ { "args": { "1": "en", "2": "sure" }, "expansion": "English: sure\n→ Kashubian: szur (United States)\n→⇒ Irish: siúráil\n→ Welsh: siwr", "name": 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"Entry maintenance" ], "source": "w+disamb" } ], "form_of": [ { "word": "sur" } ], "glosses": [ "inflection of sur:", "genitive/dative feminine singular" ], "id": "en-sure-ro-adj-mvsE6KfX", "links": [ [ "sur", "sur#Romanian" ] ], "tags": [ "dative", "feminine", "form-of", "genitive", "singular" ] }, { "categories": [ { "_dis": "54 46", "kind": "other", "name": "Romanian entries with incorrect language header", "parents": [ "Entries with incorrect language header", "Entry maintenance" ], "source": "w+disamb" } ], "form_of": [ { "word": "sur" } ], "glosses": [ "inflection of sur:", "nominative/accusative/genitive/dative feminine/neuter plural" ], "id": "en-sure-ro-adj-Ou3sOrJd", "links": [ [ "sur", "sur#Romanian" ] ], "tags": [ "accusative", "dative", "feminine", "form-of", "genitive", "neuter", "nominative", "plural" ] } ], "sounds": [ { "ipa": "/ˈsure/" } ], "word": "sure" } { "head_templates": [ { "args": { "1": "sv", "2": "adjective form" }, "expansion": "sure", "name": "head" } ], 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"1": "it", "2": "noun form" }, "expansion": "sure", "name": "head" } ], "hyphenation": [ "sù‧re" ], "lang": "Italian", "lang_code": "it", "pos": "noun", "senses": [ { "categories": [ "Italian 2-syllable words", "Italian entries with incorrect language header", "Italian non-lemma forms", "Italian noun forms", "Italian terms with IPA pronunciation", "Pages with 13 entries", "Pages with entries", "Rhymes:Italian/ure", "Rhymes:Italian/ure/2 syllables" ], "form_of": [ { "word": "sura" } ], "glosses": [ "plural of sura" ], "links": [ [ "sura", "sura#Italian" ] ], "tags": [ "form-of", "plural" ] } ], "sounds": [ { "ipa": "/ˈsu.re/" }, { "rhymes": "-ure" } ], "word": "sure" } { "categories": [ "Middle English adjectives", "Middle English adverbs", "Middle English doublets", "Middle English entries with incorrect language header", "Middle English lemmas", "Middle English nouns", "Middle English terms borrowed from Old French", "Middle English terms derived from Latin", "Middle English terms 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"doublet" } ], "etymology_text": "From Old French seür, from Latin sēcūrus. 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"Middle English: soure, sure, shoure\nYola: zour", "name": "desctree" } ], "text": "Middle English: soure, sure, shoure\nYola: zour" } ], "etymology_templates": [ { "args": { "1": "ang", "2": "gem", "3": "-" }, "expansion": "Germanic", "name": "der" } ], "etymology_text": "From Germanic, related to sūr (“sour”).", "forms": [ { "form": "sūre", "tags": [ "canonical", "feminine" ] } ], "head_templates": [ { "args": { "1": "ang", "2": "nouns", "3": "", "4": "", "5": "", "6": "", "g": "f", "g2": "", "g3": "", "head": "sūre", "sort": "" }, "expansion": "sūre f", "name": "head" }, { "args": { "1": "f", "head": "sūre" }, "expansion": "sūre f", "name": "ang-noun" } ], "lang": "Old English", "lang_code": "ang", "pos": "noun", "senses": [ { "categories": [ "Old English entries with incorrect language header", "Old English feminine nouns", "Old English lemmas", "Old English nouns", "Old English terms derived from Germanic languages", "Old English terms with IPA pronunciation", "Pages with 13 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{ "tags": [ "Brahmi", "character" ], "word": "𑁂" }, { "tags": [ "Devanagari", "character" ], "word": "स" }, { "tags": [ "Devanagari", "character" ], "word": "ु" }, { "tags": [ "Devanagari", "character" ], "word": "र" }, { "tags": [ "Devanagari", "character" ], "word": "े" }, { "tags": [ "Bengali" ], "word": "সুরে" }, { "tags": [ "Sinhalese", "character" ], "word": "සුරෙ" }, { "tags": [ "Burmese", "character" ], "word": "သုရေ" }, { "tags": [ "Thai", "character" ], "word": "สุเร" }, { "tags": [ "Tai-Tham", "character" ], "word": "ᩈᩩᩁᩮ" }, { "tags": [ "Lao", "character" ], "word": "ສຸເຣ" }, { "tags": [ "Khmer", "character" ], "word": "សុរេ" }, { "tags": [ "Chakma", "character" ], "word": "𑄥𑄪𑄢𑄬" } ], "word": "sure" } { "categories": [ "Pages with 13 entries", "Pages with entries", "Romanian adjective forms", "Romanian entries with incorrect language header", "Romanian non-lemma forms" ], "head_templates": [ { "args": { "1": "ro", "2": "adjective form" }, "expansion": "sure", "name": "head" } ], "lang": "Romanian", "lang_code": "ro", "pos": "adj", "senses": [ { "form_of": [ { "word": "sur" } ], "glosses": [ "inflection of sur:", "genitive/dative feminine singular" ], "links": [ [ "sur", "sur#Romanian" ] ], "tags": [ "dative", "feminine", "form-of", "genitive", "singular" ] }, { "form_of": [ { "word": "sur" } ], "glosses": [ "inflection of sur:", "nominative/accusative/genitive/dative feminine/neuter plural" ], "links": [ [ "sur", "sur#Romanian" ] ], "tags": [ "accusative", "dative", "feminine", "form-of", "genitive", "neuter", "nominative", "plural" ] } ], "sounds": [ { "ipa": "/ˈsure/" } ], "word": "sure" } { "head_templates": [ { "args": { "1": "sv", "2": "adjective form" }, "expansion": "sure", "name": "head" } ], "lang": "Swedish", "lang_code": "sv", "pos": "adj", "senses": [ { "categories": [ "Pages with 13 entries", "Pages with entries", "Swedish adjective forms", "Swedish entries with incorrect language header", "Swedish non-lemma forms" ], "form_of": [ { "word": "sur" } ], "glosses": [ "definite natural masculine singular of sur" ], "links": [ [ "sur", "sur#Swedish" ] ], "tags": [ "definite", "form-of", "masculine", "natural", "singular" ] } ], "word": "sure" } { "etymology_templates": [ { "args": { "1": "tr", "2": "ota", "3": "سوره", "tr": "sure" }, "expansion": "Ottoman Turkish سوره (sure)", "name": "der" }, { "args": { "1": "tr", "2": "ar", "3": "سُورَة" }, "expansion": "Arabic سُورَة (sūra)", "name": "der" } ], "etymology_text": "From Ottoman Turkish سوره (sure), from Arabic سُورَة (sūra).", "forms": [ { "form": "sureyi", "tags": [ "accusative", "definite" ] }, { "form": "sureler", "tags": [ "plural" ] }, { "form": "no-table-tags", "source": "declension", "tags": [ "table-tags" ] }, { "form": "tr-infl-noun-v", "source": "declension", "tags": [ "inflection-template" ] }, { "form": "sure", "source": "declension", "tags": [ "nominative", "singular" ] }, { "form": "sureler", "source": "declension", "tags": [ "nominative", "plural" ] }, { "form": "sureyi", "source": "declension", "tags": [ "accusative", "definite", "singular" ] }, { "form": "sureleri", "source": "declension", "tags": [ "accusative", "definite", "plural" ] }, { "form": "sureye", "source": "declension", "tags": [ "dative", "singular" ] }, { "form": "surelere", "source": "declension", "tags": [ "dative", "plural" ] }, { "form": "surede", "source": "declension", "tags": [ "locative", "singular" ] }, { "form": "surelerde", "source": "declension", "tags": [ "locative", "plural" ] }, { "form": "sureden", "source": "declension", "tags": [ "ablative", "singular" ] }, { "form": "surelerden", "source": "declension", "tags": [ "ablative", "plural" ] }, { "form": "surenin", "source": "declension", "tags": [ "genitive", "singular" ] }, { "form": "surelerin", "source": "declension", "tags": [ "genitive", "plural" ] } ], "head_templates": [ { "args": { "1": "tr", "2": "noun", "3": "definite accusative", "4": "sureyi", "5": "", "6": "", "7": "plural", "8": "sureler", 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