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1. (v.t.) surprise
to strike with a sudden feeling of wonder or astonishment, esp. by being unexpected.
2. surprise
to come upon or discover suddenly and unexpectedly.
3. surprise
to make an unexpected assault on (an unprepared army, fort, person, etc.).
4. surprise
to lead or bring unawares into doing something unintended:
to surprise someone into telling the truth.
5. surprise
to elicit suddenly and without warning.
6. (n.) surprise
the state of being surprised; a feeling of sudden wonder or astonishment, esp. at something unexpected.
7. surprise
something that surprises; an unexpected event, appearance, statement, or gift.
8. surprise
an act or instance of surprising or taking unawares.
9. surprise
an attack or assault made without warning.
10. surprise
to come upon unawares.
11. surprise
to astonish; amaze.
Etymology: (1425–75; < MF, n. use of ptp. of surprendre=sur-sur -1+prendre to take < L prehendere (see prehension ))
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Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (noun) surprise
the astonishment you feel when something totally unexpected happens to you
2. (noun) surprise
a sudden unexpected event
3. (verb) surprise, surprisal
the act of surprising someone
4. (verb) surprise
cause to be surprised
"The news really surprised me"
5. (verb) surprise
come upon or take unawares
"She surprised the couple"; "He surprised an interesting scene"
6. (verb) storm, surprise
attack by storm; attack suddenly
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1. (noun) surprise
sth you were not expecting
He bought me a new camera as a surprise.; We're planning to throw a surprise party for her.
2. surprise
the feeling of slight shock when sth unexpected happens
You could see the surprise in her eyes.
3. surprise
catch/take sb by surprise
to happen unexpectedly, causing surprise
The bad weather caught them totally by surprise.
4. (verb) surprise
to make sb feel surprise
He surprised her with a big bunch of roses.; It didn't surprise me that she was upset.
5. surprise
to attack unexpectedly
The plan was to surprise them as they came out of the castle.
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Webster Dictionary |
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1. (noun) Surprise
the act of coming upon, or taking, unawares; the act of seizing unexpectedly; surprisal; as, the fort was taken by surprise
2. (noun) Surprise
the state of being surprised, or taken unawares, by some act or event which could not reasonably be foreseen; emotion excited by what is sudden and strange; a suddenly excited feeling of wonder or astonishment
3. (noun) Surprise
anything that causes such a state or emotion
4. (noun) Surprise
a dish covered with a crust of raised paste, but with no other contents
5. (noun) Surprise
to come or fall suddenly and unexpectedly; to take unawares; to seize or capture by unexpected attack
6. (noun) Surprise
to strike with wonder, astonishment, or confusion, by something sudden, unexpected, or remarkable; to confound; as, his conduct surprised me
7. (noun) Surprise
to lead (one) to do suddenly and without forethought; to bring (one) into some unexpected state; -- with into; as, to be surprised into an indiscretion; to be surprised into generosity
8. (noun) Surprise
to hold possession of; to hold
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Sense: (the feeling caused by) something sudden or unexpected
His statement caused some surprise; Your letter was a pleasant surprise; There were some nasty surprises waiting for her when she returned; He stared at her in surprise; To my surprise the door was unlocked; (
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 Afrikaans: verrassing |
 Arabic: مُفاجأَه |
 Bulgarian: изненада |
 Brazilian: surpresa |
 Czech: překvapení, údiv; neočeká |
 German: dieÜberraschung |
 Danish: overraskelse; overraskels |
 Greek: έκπληξη |
 Spanish: sorpresa |
 Estonian: üllatus |
 Farsi: غير مترقبه |
 Finnish: yllätys |
 French: surprise |
 Hebrew: הַפְתָעָה |
 Hindi: आश्चर्य |
 Croatian: iznenađenje, prepad |
 Hungarian: meglepetés |
 Indonesian: kejutan |
 Icelandic: undrun, furða |
 Italian: sorpresa |
 Japanese: 驚き |
 Korean: 놀람 |
 Lithuanian: nustebimas, nuostaba, net |
 Latvian: pārsteigums; izbrīns; pār |
 Malay: mengejut |
 Dutch: verrassing |
 Norwegian: overraskelse, forbauselse |
 Polish: zaskoczenie, niespodziank |
 Persian: غير مترقبه |
 Pashto: غیر مترقبه ، حیرانول |
 Portuguese: surpresa |
 Romanian: surpriză |
 Russian: удивление; неожиданность; |
 Slovak: prekvapenie; neočakávaný |
 Slovenian: presenečenje |
 Serbian: iznenađenje |
 Swedish: överraskning, förvåning |
 Thai: สิ่งที่ทำให้ประหลาดใจ |
 Turkish: şaşkınlık, sürpriz |
 Taiwanese: 驚奇 |
 Ukrainian: здивування |
 Urdu: حیرت، تعجب |
 Vietnamese: sự ngạc nhiên, sự bất ngờ |
 Chinese: 惊奇 |
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