Meaning of Sir | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A man of a higher rank or position.
2. Initialism of surface insulation resistance.
   abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable
3. Initialism of Special Intensive Revision, a voter-roll revision process in India.
   abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
4. Alternative letter-case form of sir.
   alt-of
5. A respectful term of address to a man of higher rank or position, particularly
6. Abbreviation of silent information regulator.
   abbreviation, alt-of, countable, uncountable
7. The titular prefix given to a knight or baronet.
   British
8. A respectful term of address to a man of higher rank or position
9. to a knight or other low member of the peerage.
10. A respectful term of address or reference to a man of higher rank or position before the man's given name or nickname.
    Philippines, colloquial, informal
11. to a superior military officer.
12. to a teacher.
13. A respectful term of address to an adult male (often older), especially if his name or proper title is unknown.

Equivalents

Examples

“Jeeves: Foreign travel often liberates emotions best kept in check, sir. The air of North America is notoriously stimulating in this regard, as witness the regrettable behavior of its inhabitants in 1776. B. Wooster: Hm? What happened in 1776, Jeeves? Jeeves: I prefer not to dwell on it, if it's convenient to you, sir.”

“Just be careful. He gets whingy now if you don't address him as Sir John.”

“Sir, yes sir.”

“Here's my report, sir.”

“Excuse me, sir, do you know the way to the art museum?”

“Knowledge, sir, should be free to all!”

““Every minute,” continued M. Krempe with warmth, “every instant that you have wasted on those books is utterly and entirely lost. You have burdened your memory with exploded systems, and useless names. Good God! in what desert land have you lived, where no one was kind enough to inform you that these fancies, which you have so greedily imbibed, are a thousand years old, and as musty as they are ancient? I little expected in this enlightened and scientific age to find a disciple of Albertus Magnus and Paracelsus. My dear Sir, you must begin your studies entirely anew.””

“The family tree boasts an astonishing array of celebrated historical figures from the prophet Isaiah to Sir Isaiah Berlin, from Felix Mendelssohn to Karl Marx and Moses Montefiore. The list also includes Yehudi Menuhin, Helena Rubinstein, the Rothschilds and even Rosenstein himself.”

“The Kara-tau, or "Black Mountain," the last spur of the Tian-shan towards the north-west, seldom exceeds 6,500 feet in height, but is geographically of great importance, as forming the water-parting between the Sir and Chu basins. It also abounds most in coal, iron, copper, and argentiferous lead.”

“The Kerala government has moved the Supreme Court seeking a direction to the Election Commission (EC) of India to defer the conduct of the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of the electoral rolls of the State. The State said the conduct of the “cumbersome” SIR process from November 4 to December 4 would coincide with the elections to the local bodies in Kerala. The simultaneous conduct of both exercises would not only strain human resource but also create an “administrative impasse” with no personnel left to take care of the day-to-day functioning of the government. The government said the simultaneous conduct of the SIR and the local body elections would be an “near- impossibility”.”

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