sureとは意味・読み方・使い方

語源

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 古期英語 orsorg (“carefree”), from or- (“without”) + sorg (“care”)). See cure. Doublet of secure and the now obsolete or dialectal sicker (“certain, safe”).

Displaced native Middle English wis, iwis (“certain, sure”) (from 古期英語 ġewis, ġewiss (“certain, sure”)), Middle English siker (“sure, secure”) (from 古期英語 sicor (“secure, sure”)) with which was cognate.

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発音

• (Received 発音) IPA^(key): /ʃʊə/, /ʃɔː/, /ʃɜː/
  • (General Australian, New Zealand) IPA^(key): /ʃoː/
  • (General American) IPA^(key): /ʃʊɹ/, /ʃɔɹ/, /ʃɝ/
  • (Canada) IPA^(key): /ʃɔɹ/, /ʃɝ/
  • (廃れた用法) IPA^(key): /sjʊəɹ/, /sjuːɹ/, /sɪʊ̯ɹ/
  • 韻: -ʊə(ɹ), -ɔː(ɹ)
  • 異形同音異義語: shaw, Shaw (in non-rhotic dialects with the horse-hoarse merger), shore (with the cure-force merger), show (in non-rhotic with the dough-door merger)

形容詞

sure (comparative surer, superlative surest)

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

   This investment is a sure thing.   The bailiff had a sure grip on the prisoner's arm.

2. Certain in one's knowledge or belief.
   • 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 222716698, page 58:

     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.

   • 2008 November 21, Graham Linehan, The IT Crowd, Season 3, Episode 1:

     Roy: I'm 95% sure it was him.
     Jen: You... you said you were 99% sure.
     Roy: I'm 97% sure it was him.

   She is sure of herself.

   He is sure she was lying.

   He was sure of being a finalist.

   They aren't completely sure who will attend.

   You seemed sure that the car was his.

3. (followed by a to infinitive) Certain to act or be a specified way.

   Be sure to lock the door when you leave.

4. (obsolete) Free from danger; safe; secure.
   • c. 1590–1591, William Shakespeare, “The Two Gentlemen of Verona”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, OCLC 606515358, [Act V, scene i], page 36, column 1:

     Feare not: the Forreſt is not three leagues off, / If we recouer that, we are ſure enough.

5. (obsolete) Betrothed; engaged to marry.
   • c. 1513-1518 (probably date written, published after 1535) Thomas More, History of King Richard III

     The king was sure to Dame Elizabeth Lucy, and her husband before God.

   • 1632, Richard Brome, The Northern Lass

     I presum'd […] [that] you had been sure, as fast as faith could bind you, man and wife.

同意語

• (secure かつ steadfast): certain, failsafe, reliable, sicker
• (steadfast in one's knowledge または belief): certain, positive, wis

派生語

• for sure
• sure as hell
• surely
• sure up

Pages starting with “sure”.

派生した語

• →⇒ Irish: siúráil
• → Welsh: siwr

副詞

sure (comparative more sure, superlative most sure)

1. (modal adverb) Without doubt, certainly.

   Sure he's coming! Why wouldn't he?

   "Did you kill that bear yourself?" ―"I sure did!"

   • 1802, Charles Lamb, John Woodvil

     These high and gusty relishes of life, sure,
     Have no allayings of mortality in them.

2. (archaic) Without fail, surely.
   • c. 1587–1588, [Christopher Marlowe], Tamburlaine the Great. […] The First Part […], part 1, 2nd edition, London: […] [R. Robinson for] Richard Iones, […], published 1592, OCLC 932920499; reprinted as Tamburlaine the Great (A Scolar Press Facsimile), Menston, Yorkshire; London: Scolar Press, 1973, →ISBN, Act II, scene iii:

     Theſe are the wings ſhall make it flie as ſwift,
     As dooth the lightening: or the breath of heauen,
     And kill as ſure as it ſwiftly flies.

使用する際の注意点

• Often proscribed in favor of surely. May be informal.

間投詞

sure

1. Yes, expressing noncommittal agreement or consent.

   "Do you want me to put this in the garage?" "Sure, go ahead."

2. Yes; of course.

   "Could you tell me where the washrooms are?" "Sure, they're in the corner over there."

3. You're welcome; polite response to being thanked.

   "Thanks for helping me with that electrical fault." "Sure. Any time."

同意語

• (noncommittal yes): OK, yes

参照

• 1996, T.F. Hoad, The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Etymology, Oxford University Press, →ISBN

アナグラム

• ERUs, Ersu, Reus, Rues, Ruse, US'er, rues, ruse, suer, ures, user

語源

From Germanic, related to sūr (“sour”).

発音

• IPA^(key): /ˈsuː.re/

名詞

sūre f

1. sorrel