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What does SURPRISING mean?

Definitions for SURPRISING
sərˈpraɪ zɪŋ, sə-sur·pris·ing

This dictionary definitions page includes all the possible meanings, example usage and translations of the word SURPRISING.

Princeton's WordNet

  1. surprisingadjective

    causing surprise or wonder or amazement

    "the report shows a surprising lack of hard factual data"; "leaped up with surprising agility"; "she earned a surprising amount of money"

Wiktionary

  1. surprisingnoun

    The action of the verb to surprise.

  2. surprisingadjective

    That is or are a surprise.

    A surprising number of people attended the rally.

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary

  1. Surprisingparticipial adj.

    Wonderful; raising sudden wonder or concern.

    Etymology: from surprise.

    The greatest actions of a celebrated person, however surprising and extraordinary, are no more than what are expected from him. Joseph Addison, Spectator.

ChatGPT

  1. surprising

    Surprising refers to something unexpected, unusual, or startling that caught someone off guard. It can refer to an event, action, outcome, or piece of information that does not align with what was previously believed or predicted, thereby provoking a sense of astonishment or wonder.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Surprising

    of Surprise

  2. Surprisingadjective

    exciting surprise; extraordinary; of a nature to excite wonder and astonishment; as, surprising bravery; a surprising escape from danger

British National Corpus

  1. Spoken Corpus Frequency

    Rank popularity for the word 'SURPRISING' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #2875

  2. Written Corpus Frequency

    Rank popularity for the word 'SURPRISING' in Written Corpus Frequency: #3427

  3. Adjectives Frequency

    Rank popularity for the word 'SURPRISING' in Adjectives Frequency: #388

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of SURPRISING in Chaldean Numerology is: 7

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of SURPRISING in Pythagorean Numerology is: 6

Examples of SURPRISING in a Sentence

  1. Papop Siamhan:

    COVID-19 did not result in fewer human trafficking crimes, but it resulted in authorities doing less inspections, for instance, last year fewer authorities were inspecting fishing vessels, so it’s not surprising that the numbers have lowered.

  2. Veryan Khan:

    What is really surprising is that in a very short period of time, L.A. appears to have taken an extremely active role with ISIS.

  3. Ann McKee:

    That Vincent Jackson brain showed stage 2 CTE should no longer surprise us ; these results have become commonplace. What is surprising is that so many football players have died with CTE and so little is being done to make football, at all levels, safer by limiting the number of repetitive subconcussive hits.

  4. Pat Keon:

    Not surprising to see the large net outflows from them as it aligns with market performance and the negative flows from equity funds, the high-yield results were the main reason that taxable bond mutual funds suffered a weekly net outflow this week of $263 million, which broke a streak of 17 straight weekly net inflows.

  5. Neil Schneider:

    It's not surprising they would take the angle of adding virtual reality.

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