Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

surrogate

/ˈsɝəɡɪt/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.38 in modern English

Syllables
sur-ro-gate
IPA
/ˈsɝəɡɪt/
10
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
3
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A substitute (usually of a person, position or role).

noun

A person or animal that acts as a substitute for the social or pastoral role of another, such as a surrogate parent.

noun

A deputy for a bishop in granting licences for marriage.

British usage

noun

A politician or person of influence campaigning for a presidential candidate.

American usage

noun

A judicial officer of limited jurisdiction, who administers matters of probate and intestate succession and, in some cases, adoptions.

American usage

noun

Any of a range of Unicode codepoints which are used in pairs in UTF-16 to represent characters beyond the Basic Multilingual Plane.

noun

An ersatz good.

noun

Ellipsis of surrogate key.

Example Sentences

Etymology

From Latin surrogātus, perfect passive participle of surrogō (“to choose someone as a substitute”); a variant of subrogō, from sub (“under”) + rogō (“ask”).

Origin

Word Breakdown

Regional Pronunciation

  • American English: /ˈsɝəɡɪt/
  • British English: /ˈsʌɹəɡɪt/

Usage

Inflected Forms

surrogates (plural) more surrogate (comparative) most surrogate (superlative) surrogates (present, singular) surrogating (participle, present) surrogated (participle, past) surrogated (past)

Derived Forms

surrogateship surrogative surrogatively surrogacy surrogately

Phrases

audience surrogate surrogate activity surrogate advertising surrogate court surrogate father surrogate key surrogate mother surrogate pair

Frequently Paired Words

surrogatum subrogate surrogation

Synonyms

fill-in ghost proxy replacement stand-in substitute surrogate deputize foster replace subrogate

Questions

How do you pronounce surrogate?
The recorded pronunciation is /ˈsɝəɡɪt/.
What does surrogate mean?
A substitute (usually of a person, position or role).
Where does surrogate come from?
It is traced to Latin.

How to pronounce surrogate

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