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Definition of "ur-" []

  • Variant of uro-1. (prefix)
  • Variant of uro-2. (prefix)
  • Original; prototypical: ur-feminist; ur-language. (prefix)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Use "ur-" in a sentence
  • "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.""
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