sure
English
/ʃʊə/, /ʃoː/, /ʃʊɹ/, /ʃɔɹ/, /sjʊəɹ/
adj
Definitions
- Physically secure and certain, non-failing, reliable.
- Certain in one's knowledge or belief.
- Certain to act or be a specified way.
- (obsolete) Free from danger; safe; secure.
- (obsolete) Betrothed; engaged to marry.
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English sure borrowed from Middle French sur borrowed from Old French seür derived from Latin sēcūrus (secure, carefree, careless, without care, safe, unconcerned, unworried, worryless).
Origin
Latin
sēcūrus
Gloss
secure, carefree, careless, without care, safe, unconcerned, unworried, worryless
Concept
Semantic Field
Emotions and values
Ontological Category
Property
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- cock English
- cocksure English
- cocksurely English
- cocksureness English
- cosurety English
- countersurety English
- fire English
- foot English
- footed English
- footsure English
- handed English
- nonsurety English
- oversure English
- seater English
- siccar English
- siccer English
- snow English
- snowsure English
- sure-fire English
- sure-handed English
- sure-handedly English
- sure-handedness English
- surefooted English
- surefootedly English
- surefootedness English
- surely English
- surement English
- sureness English
- sureseater English
- surety English
- suretyship English
- unsure English
- unsured English
- unsurely English
- unsureness English
- unsurety English
- *assecūrāre Latin
- sabūcus Latin
- securitas Latin
- securus Latin
- sēcūritās Latin
- sēcūrus Latin
- sicuro Italian
- sur French
- sureau French
- *uzsurgaz Proto-Germanic
- orsorg Old English
- orsorgleas Old English
- orsorglice Old English
- orsorgnes Old English
- orsorgness Old English
- sicer Old English
- sicor Old English
- sicorlice Old English
- sicornes Old English
- sorg Old English
- siker Middle English
- sore Middle English
- soure Middle English
- suere Middle English
- sur, sure Middle English
- sure Middle English
- surely Middle English
- surement Middle English
- suren Middle English
- surenes Middle English
- surete Middle English
- seür Old French
- sur Old French
- segur Catalan, Valencian
- sigur Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- syur Cebuano
- segur Welsh
- sicr Welsh
- siwr Welsh
- sceur Middle French
- sur Middle French
- *sikur gmw-pro
- segurar Old Portuguese
- seguro Old Portuguese
- segur Occitan
- sigûr Friulian
- seur Walloon
- fire
- foot
- cock
- snow
- surely
- handed
- seater
- unsure
- footed
- siccer
- siccar
- surety
- unsured
- footsure
- unsurely
- surement
- cosurety
- sureness
- cocksure
- unsurety
- snowsure
- oversure
- sure-fire
- nonsurety
- unsureness
- suretyship
- cocksurely
- surefooted
- sureseater
- sure-handed
- cocksureness
- surefootedly
- sure-handedly
- countersurety
- surefootedness
- sure-handedness