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Ur- — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • great adj Very large in size, extent, or degree.
  • original adj The first of its kind, existing before any copies.
  • primeval adj Belonging to the earliest ages of the world; ancient and primitive.
  • primordial adj Existing from the very beginning; original and fundamental.
  • seminal adj Highly influential and providing the basis for later work or ideas.
  • ur intj A filler sound used while hesitating or searching for words, similar to "er" or "um."

Senses

Ur- is used for these senses in English:

  • great- With familial designations, used to denote a removal of one generation
  • original (not comparable) Relating to the origin or beginning; preceding all others.
  • primeval Primary; original.
  • primordial First, earliest or original.
  • seminal Highly influential, especially in some original way, and providing a basis for future development or research.
  • ur- Forming words with the sense of “proto-, primitive, original”.

great — full definition

  1. adj Very large in size, extent, or degree.
  2. adj Excellent or very good.
  3. adj Important or highly significant.
  4. adj Used before "grand-" to add an extra generation of family relationship.

original — full definition

  1. adj The first of its kind, existing before any copies.
  2. adj Fresh, inventive, and not copied from anything else.
  3. noun The very first version of something, from which copies are made.
  4. noun An unusually distinctive or eccentric person.

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