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surprise
CEFRA1
/sə(ː)ˈpɹaɪ̯z/
noun · verb
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In plain English
- 01
noun
An unexpected event or feeling.
- 02
verb
To make someone feel unexpected shock or wonder.
Examples
It wouldn't surprise me if they got married soon.
It's not much of a surprise, is it?
At a glance
Sits at A1 on the CEFR scale
- Senses
- 5
- Parts of speech
- 2
- Citations
- 5
- Synonyms
- 5
Also pronounced
- /sə(ː)ˈpɹɑ̟ɪ̯z/
- /sə(r)ˈprajs/
Deep Dive
noun
Extra meaningsSomething unexpected., A mess of feces, left by a pet or small child in an unexpected place or at an unexpected time.
The feeling that something unexpected has happened.
Something unexpected.
More examples
In contextIt came as a surprise when he succeed.
It was a surprise to find out I owed twice as much as I thought.
It doesn't surprise me.
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Origin
noun
From Middle English surprise, borrowed from Middle French surprise (“an overtake”), nominal use of the past participle of Old French sorprendre (“to overtake”), from sor- (“over”) + prendre (“to take”), from Latin super- + Latin prendere, contracted from prehendere (“to grasp, seize”). Doublet of suppli.