resurface
/ɹiːˈsɜɹfɪs/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.63 in modern English
14
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
3
Syllables
7
Unique Chars
Meaning
Example Sentences
- "His body finally resurfaced after three years underwater."
- "Just as amazing, gruesome morgue photos of some of the madman's street-walker victims also resurfaced after being missing for decades."
- "Subplots that might have been fun to explore were relegated or eventually sidelined altogether in the case of characters like Gendry, who disappeared for years and finally resurfaces as a blacksmith in King’s Landing, literally waiting for the call to his hero’s journey."
- "The people in hiding now resurfaced in large numbers […]"
- "The Landguard Road overbridge to the south has subsequently been removed, although aspirations to reopen the four-mile route to Ventnor resurface from time to time."
- "Anonymity lies at the center of the mythology surrounding the elusive street artist Banksy, but he may have revealed his name in a resurfaced interview."
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Italic *wre- Latin re-der. Old French re-bor. Middle English re- English re- Middle French surfacebor. English surface English resurface From re- + surface.
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ɹiːˈsɜɹfɪs/
- British English: /ɹiːˈsɜːfɪs/