sore

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Pronunciation 1.2 Etymology 1.3 Adverb 1.4 Adjective 1.4.1 Translations 1.5 Adverb 1.6 Noun 1.6.1 Translations 1.7 See also 2 Indonesian 2.1 Noun 3 Istro-Romanian 3.1 Etymology 3.2 Noun 4 Japanese 4.1 Prefix 4.1.1 Usage notes

[edit] English

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[edit] Pronunciation

• enPR: sô(r), IPA: /sɔː(ɹ)/, SAMPA: /sO:(r)/
• Homophones: soar, saw (in non-rhotic accents)
• Rhymes: -ɔː(r)
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[edit] Etymology

Old English sār. Influenced in meaning by Old Norse sárr (“‘wounded’”) (Danish sår (“‘wound’”)), akin to German sehr and Gothic 𐍃𐌰𐌹𐍂 (sair), “‘pain’”).

[edit] Adverb

sore

1. Very, excessively, extremely.

   They were sore afraid.

2. sorely.

[edit] Adjective

sore (comparative sorer, superlative sorest)

1. Causing pain or discomfort; painfully sensitive.

   Her feet were sore from walking so far.

2. Feeling animosity towards; annoyed or angered.

   Joe was sore at Bob for beating him at checkers.

3. Dire; distressing.

   The school was in sore' need of textbooks, theirs having been ruined in the flood.

[edit] Translations

[edit] Adverb

sore (comparative more sore, superlative most sore)

1. (archaic) Sorely.
   • 1919: Edgar Rice Burroughs, Jungle Tales of Tarzan [1]

     ...[they] were often sore pressed to follow the trail at all, and at best were so delayed that in the afternoon of the second day, they still had not overhauled the fugitive.

[edit] Noun

sore (plural sores)

1. An injured, infected, inflamed or diseased patch of skin.

   They put ointment and a bandage on the sore.

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[edit] See also

• blister
• lesion
• ulcer

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[edit] Indonesian

[edit] Noun

sore

1. afternoon

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[edit] Istro-Romanian

[edit] Etymology

Latin sōl

[edit] Noun

sore m. (definite singular sorele, plural sori)

1. sun

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[edit] Japanese

Japanese demonstratives (edit)
ko-	so-	a-	do-
此れ (これ, kore) this one	其れ (それ, sore) that one	彼れ (あれ, are) that one over there	何れ (どれ, dore) which one?
此の (この, kono) (of) this	其の (その, sono) (of) that	彼の (あの, ano) (of) that over there	何の (どの, dono) (of) which?
こんな (konna) like this	そんな (sonna) like that	あんな (anna) like that over there	どんな (donna) how? what sort of?
此処 (ここ, koko) this place	其処 (そこ, soko) that place	彼処 (あそこ*, asoko*) that place over there	何処 (どこ, doko) which place?
此方 (こちら, kochira) this way	其方 (そちら, sochira) that way	彼方 (あちら, achira) that way over there	何方 (どちら, dochira) which way?
こう (kō) in this manner	そう (sō) in that manner	ああ (ā) in that (other) manner	如何 (どう, dō) in what manner?
* irregular formation

[edit] Prefix

sore (kanji 其れ, hiragana それ)

1. that one

[edit] Usage notes

• The hiragana spelling (それ) is preferred to the kanji spelling (其れ), which is rarely used.