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surprising

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/səˈpɹaɪzɪŋ/ English

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verb

  1. To cause (someone) to feel unusually alarmed or delighted by something unexpected.“It surprises me that I owe twice as much as I thought I did.”
  2. To do something to (a person) that they are not expecting, as a surprise.“He doesn’t know that I’m in the country – I thought I’d turn up at his house and surprise him.”
  3. To undergo or witness something unexpected.“He doesn’t surprise easily.”
  4. To cause surprise.

noun

  1. A situation in which somebody is surprised.

adjective

  1. Causing surprise.“A surprising number of people attended the rally.”

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