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  1. ur- love

Definitions

American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition

  1. Variant of uro-1.
  2. Variant of uro-2.
  3. Original; prototypical: ur-feminist; ur-language.

Wiktionary

  1. Forming words with the sense of ‘proto-, primitive, original’.

Etymologies

  1. From German ur-, originally from Old High German ir-, ur- ("thoroughly"),, from Proto-Germanic *uz- (“out”), from Proto-Indo-European *uds- (“up, out”). Cognate with Dutch oer-, English or-. Compare or-. (Wiktionary)
  2. From German ur-, original; see Ursprache. (American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)

Examples

  • “And Mr. Buckner's best-known moment—a game-ending fielding error in Game 6 of the 1986 World Series, after which his Red Sox lost to the Mets in Game 7—can be seen as sort of the ur-"Larry David moment.”

    The Wall Street Journal: Showing His Enthusiasm

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equivalents (1)

Other words for ‘ur-’

  1. ure

hypernyms (3)

Words that are more generic or abstract

  1. metropolis
  1. urban center
  1. city

same context (5)

Words that are found in similar contexts

  1. omg
  1. jk
  1. Fo
  1. Ru
  1. P.M.

rhymes (107)

Words with the same terminal sound

  1. Baldur
  2. Bloor
  3. Burr
  4. Fleur
  5. Fur
  6. Kerr
  7. Monsieur
  8. Moor
  9. Moore
  10. Muir
  11. Ruhr
  12. Shir
  13. Sir
  14. Spur
  15. Thur
  16. allure
  17. assure
  18. birr
  19. blur
  20. bonjour
  21. boor
  1. brochure
  2. buhr
  3. bur
  4. burr
  5. chauffeur
  6. cofer
  7. concur
  8. confer
  9. connoisseur
  10. couture
  11. cur
  12. cure
  13. defer
  14. demur
  15. demure
  16. der
  17. deter
  18. detour
  19. endure
  20. ensure
  21. entrepreneur
  1. err
  2. fer
  3. fir
  4. fleur
  5. foor
  6. fur
  7. gurr
  8. her
  9. hur
  10. immature
  11. impure
  12. incur
  13. infer
  14. insure
  15. inter
  16. inure
  17. jure
  18. ker
  19. liqueur
  20. lure
  21. manure
  1. mature
  2. mer
  3. moor
  4. murr
  5. myrrh
  6. nur
  7. obscure
  8. occur
  9. per
  10. pere
  11. prefer
  12. premature
  13. procure
  14. pur
  15. pure
  16. purr
  17. reassure
  18. recur
  19. refer
  20. reinsure
  21. reoccur
  1. restauranteur
  2. restaurateur
  3. saboteur
  4. secure
  5. segur
  6. shirr
  7. shure
  8. sir
  9. slur
  10. spoor
  11. spur
  12. stir
  13. sur
  14. sure
  15. ter
  16. thur
  17. tour
  18. transfer
  19. unsure
  20. ver
  21. were
  1. yer
  2. your

reverse dictionary (10)

Words that contain this word in their definition

  1. ur-
  2. Ur
  1. san-hien
  2. uræa
  1. a-
  2. Woolley
  1. sir charles leonard woolley
  2. sir leonard woolley
  1. urus
  2. ha

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  1. prefix

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