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sur·prise
| \ sər-ˈprīz
, sə- \
variants:
or less commonly surprize
1 a
: an attack made without warning
b
: a taking unawares
2
: something that surprises
3
: the feeling caused by something unexpected or unusual
variants:
or less commonly surprize
surprised also surprized ; surprising also surprizing
1
: to attack unexpectedly
also
: to capture by an unexpected attack
2 a
: to take unawares
Police surprised the burglars in the store.
b
: to detect or elicit by a taking unawares
… sometimes surprised a tragic shadow in her eyes. — Willa Cather
3
: to strike with wonder or amazement especially because unexpected
His conduct surprised me.
: to cause astonishment or surprise
Her success didn't surprise .
The teacher sprang a surprise on us and gave a pop quiz.
I have a special surprise for the children.
The trip was a surprise for her birthday.
Is the party a surprise ?
Imagine our surprise when they sold their house and moved to the Bahamas.
He stared at her in surprise . Verb
The results will surprise you.
Nothing you could say would surprise me.
They surprised everyone by moving to the Bahamas.
A police officer surprised the burglars.
The troops were surprised by an attack from the north.
That comes as no surprise to anyone who has been in a grocery store recently, where prices rose 1.3 percent from June.
—
Larry Edelman, BostonGlobe.com , 10 Aug. 2022
The former president’s strong performance on the unscientific survey comes as no surprise .
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Nikolas Lanum, Fox News , 7 Aug. 2022
Flashdance—*it comes as no surprise that a reimagining of the corporate Cinderella story is also on its way.
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Radhika Seth, Vogue , 3 Aug. 2022
Cohen told Robb Report that the debate over the categorization of his product as Kentucky whiskey came as no surprise .
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Jonah Flicker, Robb Report , 28 July 2022
For many in developing countries, this will come as no surprise .
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Adar Poonawalla, Fortune , 27 July 2022
Recent Examples on the Web: Verb
The defensive line, for instance, will rotate so liberally that an all-veteran four-man front through the cones should neither surprise nor signify.
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Nathan Baird, cleveland , 5 Aug. 2022
The reasons cited for the dimmer outlook probably won’t surprise CFOs: The most pressing concern cited in the second quarter was inflation, which supplanted hiring as the biggest headache cited in the survey.
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Kevin Kelleher, Fortune , 4 Aug. 2022
Rodgers did surprise Fletcher with another proposal in August 2019-three years after they got engaged on The Bachelorette.
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Amanda Michelle Steiner, Peoplemag , 2 Aug. 2022
While performing at the O2 Arena in London as part of their One More Haim Tour, the trio of sisters pulled up their friend to surprise fans, Rolling Stone reported.
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Alexandra Schonfeld, PEOPLE.com , 22 July 2022
But there’s a brand new leak that says Marvel might surprise fans with a Fantastic Four character who could appear in several episodes.
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Chris Smith, BGR , 3 July 2022
Hopefully, Johnson can continue to surprise fans by appearing in Fast 10.
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Alejandra Gularte, Vulture , 25 Nov. 2021
Yet on the court this season, several teams have a chance to surprise fans during a women’s tournament that will, for the first time, be marketed as March Madness alongside the men’s tournament.
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New York Times , 12 Nov. 2021
Although a handful of the homes in the $700,000 story saw price cuts, L.A. still doesn’t rank among the top cities for discounted homes, which shouldn’t surprise anyone who has shopped for a house recently.
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Jack Flemming, Los Angeles Times , 16 July 2022
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sur·prise
| \ sər-ˈprīz
, sə-ˈprīz \
1
: something that is unexpected
I have a surprise for you.
2
: astonishment , amazement
… it held up to them a little white object. They all looked at it in surprise … — C. S. Lewis , The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe
3
: an act or instance of coming upon without warning
They were taken by surprise .
1
: to cause to feel wonder or amazement because of being unexpected
Her resemblance to her father surprised me.
2
: to come upon without warning
The robbers were surprised by police.
3
: to attack without warning : capture by an unexpected attack
1
: a condition or situation in which a party to a proceeding is unexpectedly placed without any fault or neglect of his or her own and that entitles the party to relief (as a new trial)
2
: an aspect of procedural unconscionability that consists of hiding a term of a contract in a mass of text
Sur·prise
| \ sər-ˈprīz
\
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Definition of surprise (Entry 2 of 2)
surprise , astonish , astound , amaze , flabbergast mean to impress forcibly through unexpectedness. surprise stresses causing an effect through being unexpected but not necessarily unusual or novel.
surprised to find them at home
astonish implies surprising so greatly as to seem incredible.
a discovery that astonished the world
astound stresses the shock of astonishment.
too astounded to respond
amaze suggests an effect of bewilderment.
amazed by the immense size of the place
flabbergast may suggest thorough astonishment and bewilderment or dismay.
flabbergasted by his angry refusal
These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'surprise.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback .
15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a
15th century, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1
Middle English suppryse exaction, seizure, from Anglo-French sousprise, supprise , from feminine of supris, surpris, suspris , past participle of surprendre & susprendre to capture, take by surprise, from sur- & sus-, suz under + prendre to take — more at prize , sous-chef
From the Editors at Merriam-Webster
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“Surprise.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary , Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/surprise. Accessed 19 Aug. 2022.
Kids Definition of surprise (Entry 2 of 2)
surprise , astonish , and amaze mean to impress forcibly by being unexpected, startling, or unusual. surprise is used when something is unexpected even though it by itself is not startling.
A sudden storm surprised the hikers.
astonish means to surprise very much with something that is hard or impossible to believe.
The first airplanes astonished people.
amaze is used when something causes a person to wonder and puzzle over it.
The magician amazed the children.
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Home At Work 8 Ways to Express Surprise in English
“We live in a wonderful world that is full of beauty, charm, and adventure. There is no end to the adventures we can have if only we seek them with our eyes open.”
– Jawaharial Nehru
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Knowing how to express excitement is extremely important whatever the language you’re learning. In this post, I’ll share with you 8 different ways the native often use to express surprise in English when hearing surprising news.
We can use Really as a short response when we show interest or surprise:
A fashionable way of expressing surprise and disbelief in English is to say “Are you serious?” or “Are you for real?”.
Although both of these expressions carry question marks, they don’t require answers.
A similar phrase that’s increasingly used in spoken English for expressing disbelief is “You gotta be kidding me!”
The expression is commonly used to indicate you’re seriously doubting what the person is saying, or just to express your surprise or astonishment.
A common phrase used when hearing big news is “No Way !”. As you can tell, you’re basically refusing to believe what you hear because it’s so incredible.
In addition to expressing surprise, “No way” is also used to tell someone that something is impossible (There is no way that could be possible). You can also say “no way” as an emphatic way of saying no.
Don’t forget to take notice of the speaker’s attitude and conversation context. Otherwise, you can easily get confused by this phrase.
Now, let’s look at 2 videos below. As you see, in the first video, the speaker uses “No way!” to express their astonishment. Meanwhile, the phrase “no way” in the other video is used as an answer to the question, meaning “never”, “certainly not”.
An echo question is a type of direct question that repeats part or all of something which someone else has just said. It is also called a parrot question or a “repeat, please” question.
We use echo questions to express interest, concern, surprise, anger, or other reactions, depending on the intonation.
Intonation: Echo questions are usually spoken with a rising intonation
Slightly more formal and versatile is the expression “What a surprise!!”. This phrase belongs to standard English and is used in formal and written English as well. We can use “What”, “How” in exclamatory sentences.
“What”
WHAT + a/ an + adj + countable noun:
WHAT + adj + plural countable noun:
“How”
HOW + adjective/ adverb + Subject + Verb! :
Another common phrase used to show excitement in English is “You don’t say!”.
“You don’t say” is an exclamation, not an imperative sentence. If someone says “you don’t say”, they don’t intend to stop you from talking. What they actually mean is “You’re kidding!” or “Really? I find that interesting, keep talking”.
Another expression quite in vogue these days is “Well, what do you know!”
Remember not to use this kind of expression during a work meeting or a job interview however, it’s not appropriate for such formal situations.
I hope this little roundup will help you sort through some of the expressions used in English to express surprise.
What are your commonly used expressions? I’d love to hear your take on this. Happy learning!
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Visiblement c’était leur jour de malchance puisqu’ils ne sont pas à leur première fois. Le voisinage a été sans pitié et les a livrés à une justice populaire.
Rappelons qu’un homme a surpris son épouse en pleins ébats avec son collègue chez eux, ça part en cacahuète.
C’est dans une vidéo devenue virale sur les réseaux sociaux et a fait beaucoup de bruits. Dans cette vidéo, on peut voir un homme qui a surpris sa femme en plein ébat se*uel avec son collègue de service sur leur lit matrimonial.
L’homme entrant à l’improviste à la maison a vu sa femme en pleine intimité sexuelle au-dessus de son collègue.
Dans la vidéo, on entend l’époux dire qu’il enregistrait l’incident au cas où ils nieraient avoir une liaison.
La femme embarrassée qui n’était nullement en mesure de nier sa liaison extraconjugale s’est mise à pleurer, tandis que son collègue de travail implorait le pardon alors qu’il tentait de cacher son visage pour éviter d’être filmé.
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