From en.wiktionary.org:
[Sure]
** English
*** Alternative forms
- [en]
- [en]
*** Etymology
From [en], [enm], [enm], from [en] or [en], from [en], from [la] + [la]
(compare [ang], from [ang] + [ang]). See [en]. [en] and the now obsolete or
dialectal [en].
Displaced native [enm] (from [ang]), as well as [enm] (from [ang]) with which
it was cognate.
[en]
*** Pronunciation
- [en]
- [en]
- [en]
- [en] [1]
- [en]
- [en]
- [en]
- [en]
- [en]
- [en]
- [en]
- [en]
- [en]
- [en]
- [en]
- [en]
*** Adjective
[er]
1. Physically secure and certain , non-failing, reliable.
2. * [passage='In the end,' said Mustapha Mond, 'the Controllers realized that force was no good. The slower but infinitely SURER methods of ectogenesis, Neo-Pavlovian conditioning and hypnopædia…']
3. Certain in one's knowledge or belief .
4. * {{ quote-text | en | year=1827 | author=w:Thomas De Quincey | title=On Murder Considered as one of the Fine Arts
|passage=The very excess of the extravagance, in fact, by suggesting to the
reader continually the mere aeriality of the entire speculation, furnishes the
SUREST means of disenchanting him from the horror which might else gather upon
his feelings.}}
1. * [chapter=IV]
2. * 2008 NOVEMBER 21 , Graham Linehan, _[The IT Crowd]_ , Season 3, Episode 1:
3. *: _Roy:_ I'm 95% SURE it was him. <br> _Jen:_ You... you said you were 99% SURE . <br> _Roy:_ I'm 97% SURE it was him.
4. [en] Certain to act or be a specified way.
5. [en] Free from danger; safe; secure.
6. * [V]
7. [en] Betrothed; engaged to marry.
8. * C. 1513-1518 (probably date written, published after 1535 ) [Thomas More] , _History of King Richard III_
9. *: The king was SURE to Dame Elizabeth Lucy, and her husband before God.
10. * {{ quote-text | en | year=1632 | author=w:Richard Brome | title=w:The Northern Lass
|passage=I presum'd [...] [that] you had been SURE, as fast as faith could
bind you, man and wife.}}
**** Synonyms
- [secure and steadfast] [en] , [en] , [en] , [en]
- [steadfast in one's knowledge or belief] [en] , [en] , [en]
**** Derived terms
[en] [en]
**** Descendants
- [csb]
- [ga]
- [cy]
**** Translations
[certain, reliable]
- Arabic: [ar]
- Armenian: [hy]
- Aromanian: [rup]
- Asturian: [ast]
- Basque: [eu]
- Bulgarian: [bg]
- Catalan: [ca]
- Chamicuro: [ccc]
- Chinese:
- Czech: [cs]
- Dutch: [nl]
- Finnish: [fi]
- French: [fr] , [fr] , [fr]
- Friulian: [fur] , [fur]
- Galician: [gl] , [gl]
- Georgian: [ka]
- German: [de] , [de] , [de] , [de]
- Greek: [el]
- Hebrew: [he]
- Hindi: [hi]
- Hungarian: [hu]
- Irish: [ga] , [ga]
- Italian: [it] , [it] , [it] , [it]
- Japanese: [ja]
- Kapampangan: [pam] , [pam]
- Korean: [ko]
- Ladin: [lld] , [lld]
- Latin: [la]
- Macedonian: [mk]
- Norman: [nrf]
- Occitan: [oc]
- Persian: [fa]
- Plautdietsch: [pdt]
- Polish: [pl] , [pl]
- Portuguese: [pt] , [pt]
- Romanian: [ro] , [ro]
- Romansch: [rm] , [rm] , [rm] , [rm]
- Russian: [ru] , [ru] , [ru]
- Sardinian: [sc] , [sc] , [sc] , [sc]
- Scots: [sco]
- Scottish Gaelic: [gd] , [gd]
- Sicilian: [scn] , [scn] , [scn]
- Spanish: [es] , [es]
- Swedish: [sv]
- Turkish: [tr]
- Ukrainian: [uk]
- Venetan: [vec] , [vec] , [vec] , [vec] , [vec]
- Welsh: [cy] , [cy]
[trans-bottom]
[certain in one's knowledge or belief]
- Arabic: [ar]
- Armenian: [hy]
- Basque: [eu]
- Belarusian: [be] , [be]
- Bulgarian: [bg] , [bg]
- Catalan: [ca]
- Chinese:
- Czech: [cs]
- Danish: [da]
- Dutch: [nl]
- Esperanto: [eo]
- Finnish: [fi]
- French: [fr] , [fr]
- Galician: [gl]
- Georgian: [ka]
- German: [de]
- Greek: [el] , [el]
- Hebrew: [he]
- Hungarian: [hu]
- Icelandic: [is]
- Italian: [it]
- Japanese: [ja]
- Kapampangan: [pam]
- Korean: [ko]
- Macedonian: [mk] , [mk]
- Maore Comorian: [swb]
- Norwegian:
- Old English: [ang]
- Polish: [pl]
- Portuguese: [pt]
- Romanian: [ro] , [ro]
- Russian: [ru]
- Serbo-Croatian:
- Slovak: [sk]
- Slovene: [sl]
- Spanish: [es] , [es] [verb phrase]
- Swedish: [sv]
- Ukrainian: [uk] , [uk]
- Vietnamese: [vi]
- Welsh: [cy] , [cy]
[trans-bottom]
[certain to act or be]
- Finnish: [fi] ["be sure to" in requests is expressed with [fi]]
- Hungarian: [hu]
[trans-bottom]
[checktrans-top]
- Woiwurrung: [wyi]
[trans-bottom]
*** Adverb
[en-adv]
1. [en] Without doubt , certainly .
2. * {{ quote-text | en | year=1802 | author=w:Charles Lamb | title=John Woodvil
|passage=These high and gusty relishes of life, SURE,<br>Have no allayings of
mortality in them.}}
1. [en] Without fail , surely .
2. * [part=1]
**** Usage notes
- Often proscribed in favor of [en] . May be informal.
*** Interjection
[en-interj]
1. [en] Yes ; of course .
2. [en] Yes; I guess ; you could say that; [a weak or noncommittal positive response] .
3. You're welcome ; [polite response to being thanked] .
**** Synonyms
- [noncommittal yes] [en] [partial] , [en]
- [response to being thanked] [en]
**** Translations
[noncommittal yes]
- Bulgarian: [bg]
- Finnish: [fi] , [fi]
- French: [fr]
- Polish: [pl] , [pl] , [pl]
[trans-bottom]
[of course]
- Arabic: [ar] , [ar]
- Armenian: [hy] , [hy]
- Chinese:
- Finnish: [fi]
- French: [fr]
- Georgian: [ka]
- German: [de]
- Greek: [el]
- Hebrew: [he]
- Hungarian: [hu] , [hu]
- Italian: [it]
- Japanese: [ja]
- Kapampangan: [pam] , [pam] , [pam]
- Korean: [ko]
- Norwegian:
- Polish: [pl] , [exclamation] [pl] , [pl]
- Portuguese: [pt] , [pt] , [pt]
- Romanian: [ro]
- Russian: [ru]
- Slovak: [sk]
- Slovene: [sl]
- Spanish: [es] , [es] , [es]
- Swedish: [sv] , [sv] , [sv]
- Ukrainian: [uk]
[trans-bottom]
**** References
- 1996, T.F. Hoad, _The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Etymology_ , Oxford University Press, [0192830988]
References:
[1]. [last=Hammond]
*** Anagrams
- [en]
[en]
** Danish
*** Adjective
[da]
1. [da]
** Finnish
*** Verb
[fi]
1. [fi]
*** Anagrams
- [fi]
** French
*** Pronunciation
- [fr]
*** Adjective
[fr]
1. [fr]
*** Adjective
[fr]
1. [fr]
*** Further reading
- [R:fr:TLFi]
*** Anagrams
- [fr]
- [fr] , [fr]
- [fr]
- [fr]
** Italian
*** Pronunciation
[sùre]
*** Noun
[it]
1. [it]
** Japanese
*** Romanization
[ja-rom]
1. [すれ]
2. [スレ]
** Middle English
*** Etymology 1
From [enm], from [enm]. [enm].
**** Alternative forms
- [enm]
**** Pronunciation
- [enm]
**** Adjective
[seurer]
1. safe , protected [not dangerous or harmful]
2. fortified , well - defended , protected ; especially religiously
3. [en] , certain , confirmed
4. [en] - minded [certain of one's intent]
5. reliable , of good quality
6. sound , sturdy , hardy
***** Derived terms
- [enm]
- [enm]
- [enm]
- [enm]
- [enm]
***** Descendants
- [en]
- [sco]
***** References
- [entry=seur ]
**** Adverb
[enm-adv]
1. [en] , surely , with no doubt or uncertainty
2. entirely , wholly , fully
3. While protecting something, with protection
4. With a tight grasp or grip
***** Descendants
- [en]
- [sco]
***** References
- [entry=seur ]
*** Etymology 2
**** Verb
[enm]
1. [enm]
*** Etymology 3
**** Noun
[enm]
1. [enm]
[enm]
** Norwegian Bokmål
*** Etymology 1
From [nb].
**** Alternative forms
- [nb]
**** Noun
[nb-noun-m1]
1. [nb] a sura [any of the 114 chapter s of the Qur'an]
*** Etymology 2
[nonlemma]
**** Adjective
[nb]
1. [nb]
2. [nb]
*** References
- [R:The Bokmål Dictionary]
- [R:NAOB]
*** Anagrams
- [nn]
** Norwegian Nynorsk
*** Etymology 1
From [nn].
**** Alternative forms
- [nn]
**** Noun
[nn-noun-m1]
1. [nn] a sura [any of the 114 chapter s of the Qur'an]
*** Etymology 2
[nonlemma]
**** Adjective
[nn]
1. [nn]
2. [nn]
*** References
- [R:The Nynorsk Dictionary]
*** Anagrams
- [nn]
** Old English
*** Etymology
From [ang], related to [ang].
*** Pronunciation
- [sūre]
*** Noun
[f]
1. [ang] sorrel
**** Descendants
- [enm]
** Pali
*** Alternative forms
[pi-alt]
*** Noun
[pi]
1. [pi]
** Romanian
*** Pronunciation
- [ro]
*** Adjective
[ro]
1. [ro]
** Swedish
*** Adjective
[sv]
1. [sv]
** Turkish
[lang=tr]
*** Etymology
From [tr], from [tr].
*** Pronunciation
- [tr]
*** Noun
[yi]
1. sura
**** Declension
[e]
[tr]