sureとは

意味・読み方・使い方

語源

From Middle English sure, seur, sur, borrowed 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/
  • 韻: -ʊə(r), -ɔː(r)
  • (General Australian, General New Zealand) IPA^(key): /ʃoː/
  • (General American) IPA^(key): /ʃʊəɹ/, /ʃɔɹ/, /ʃɝ/
  • (Canada) IPA^(key): /ʃɔɹ/, /ʃɝ/
  • (廃れた用法) IPA^(key): /sjʊəɹ/, /sjuːɹ/, /sɪʊ̯ɹ/
  • 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.
   • 1898, Winston Churchill, chapter 4, in The Celebrity:

     The Celebrity, by arts unknown, induced Mrs. Judge Short and two other ladies to call at Mohair on an 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.

   He was sure she was lying.   I am sure of my eventual death.   John was acting sure of himself but in truth had doubts.

3. 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, William Shakespeare, The Two Gentlemen of Verona, published 1623, [Act V, scene i]:

     Fear not; the forest is not three leagues off; / If we recover that we are sure enough.

5. (obsolete) Betrothed; engaged to marry.
   • (Can we date this quote by Sir T. More かつ provide title, author's full name, かつ other details?)

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

   • (Can we date this quote by Brome かつ provide title, author's full name, かつ other details?)

     I presume […] 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
• surely
• sure up

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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!"

   • (Can we date this quote by Charles Lamb かつ provide title, author's full name, かつ other details?)

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

使用する際の注意点

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

間投詞

sure

1. Yes. (Expresses noncommittal agreement または 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."

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