sur-

pref.

1. Over; above; upon: surprint.

2. Additional: surtax.

[Middle English, from Old French, from Latin super-; see uper in Indo-European roots.]

prefix

1. over; above; beyond: surcharge; surrealism. Compare super-

2. (Art Terms) over; above; beyond: surcharge; surrealism. Compare super-

[from Old French, from Latin super-]

prefix

a variant of sub-: surrogate.

Sur

(sʊər)

n.

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

a prefix meaning “over, above,” “in addition”: surcharge; surname; surrender.

[Middle English < Old French < Latin super- super-]

var. of sub- before r: surrogate.

References in classic literature ?

The youth was quite disconcerted at this sur- prising reception of his remarks.

I found a little crowd of perhaps twenty people sur- rounding the huge hole in which the cylinder lay.

By the time I had recovered from the electric sur- prise of this remark, he was gone.

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