Amazing Meaning
/əˈmeɪzɪŋ/Definition, CEFR level A2, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.
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Definition
verbpresent participle and gerund of amaze
adjCausing wonder and amazement; very surprising.
Sentence Examples
It is amazing that you won the prize.
It is amazing; you should have won the prize.
It's amazing how soon you adapt.
CEFR Practice Quiz
The talent show featured some truly ____ performances.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
The view from the top of the tower was truly ____ and worth the climb.
Word Origin & History
From amaze + -ing, from Old English āmasian.
Literary Quotations & Historical Citations
"Falling into her uſual Trance, ſhe at that inſtant wrought their Fancies to be perſuaded of the confuſed Articulation of Multitudes met as in a Fair, converſing and making a chattering, to the amazing of them all."
— 1698, John Fryer, “The Present State of Persia. Chap. XIII. Of Their Bookmen and Books; of Their Religion and Religious Worship; of Their Notions in Philosophy; of Heaven and Hell: Their Astronomers, Physicians, and Lawyers.”, in A New Account of East-India and Persia, in Eight Letters. Being Nine Years Travels, Begun 1672. And Finished 1681. […], London: […] R[obert] R[oberts] for Ri[chard] Chiswell, letter V (Travels into Persia), page 375:
"How many things have men found out to the amazing of one another, to the wonderment of one another, to the begetting of endless commendations of one another in the world"
— 1848, John Bunyan, Robert Philip, The Greatness of the Soul: And the Unspeakableness of the Loss Thereof, T. Nelson, page 29:
"Amazing is judged relative what already exists, and Quake has the best underwater effects so far."
— 1996 August 5, Tim Behrendsen, “Tim Behrendsen Lost and Spaced THE FINAL TRY”, in rec.games.computer.quake.misc (Usenet):
"Reality, especially God's Reality is amazing. For instance that there is something rather than nothing is amazing. [...] Amazing is amazing."
— 1997 November 30, Sir Frederick, “Pro-Mormons are amazing also”, in alt.religion.mormon.fellowship (Usenet):
"The amazing is happening."
— 1999 July 13, Irma Dobkin, Mary Jo Peterson, Gracious Spaces, McGraw-Hill Professional, page xix:
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CEFR Practice Quiz
The talent show featured some truly ____ performances.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
The view from the top of the tower was truly ____ and worth the climb.