Standard Lemma guide

ur

contraction · det · intj · name · noun · 7 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • General-American: /jɝ/
  • rhymes with -ɜː(ɹ)
  • General-American: /ɝ/
  • CMU ARPABET: ER1 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

contraction

Meaning 1

Abbreviation of you're (you are).

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: Internet, abbreviation, alt-of, contraction

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Meaning relationships

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2

det

Meaning 2

Abbreviation of your.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: Internet, abbreviation, alt-of

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3

intj

Meaning 3

Expressing hesitation or inarticulacy; er, um.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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4

name

Meaning 4

An ancient Sumerian city in Mesopotamia, in modern Iraq; modern Tell el-Muqayyar.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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5

name

Meaning 5

A hypothetical early supercontinent which may have existed on Earth during the Archaean eon (3.1 billion years ago).

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: geography, geology, natural-sciences

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6

noun

Meaning 6

Initialism of underlying representation.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism

Topics: human-sciences, linguistics, phonology, sciences

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7

noun

Meaning 7

an ancient city of Sumer located on a former channel of the Euphrates River

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

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Broader terms: city, metropolis, urban center

History

Etymology

Ultimately from Sumerian 𒋀𒀕𒆠 (Urim).

From German Urkontinent (“original continent”), taking the morpheme ur- (“original”).