• Shona word sure in the Shona Dictionary
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sure
/suré/

• noun , class(5)
• adverb
• synonyms: magaro, seri, shure
• dialects/origins: Manyika

English translation

behind

I 1. At the back of some person or thing ; in the rear : opposed to before.

2. Toward the back part; backward : as, to look behind.

3. Out of sight; not produced or exhibited to view; in abeyance or reserve.

4. Remaining after some occurrence, action, or operation : as, ska oneka aka ti siya sure.

5. Past in the progress of time.

6. In arrear; behindhand: as, ari mu masure ne mubhadharo wake..



II. prep. 1. At the back or in the rear of, as regards either the actual or the assumed front: the opposite of before : as, the valet stood behind his master; crouching behind a tree.

2. Figuratively, in a position or at a point not so far advanced as ; in the rear of, as regards progress, knowledge, development, etc.; not on an equality with: as, behind the age; he is behind the others in mathematics.

3. In existence or remaining after the removal or disappearance of : as, he left a large family behind him.