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

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

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"

WiktionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

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 DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

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.

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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 DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

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

How to pronounce Surprising?

1. Alex

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   Karen

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How to say Surprising in sign language?

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. Michael Li:

   The fact that this gerrymander is achieved at the expense of people of color is not surprising.

2. Jin Dong-yan:

   There’s nothing very surprising. It’s consistent with what they have claimed previously, but it does not completely eliminate the doubts about Sinopharm.

3. Alex Francoeur:

   Cervical cancer is incredibly preventable with proper screening as well as access to vaccinations for the HPV virus, and so, to me, these findings were very surprising because I would have expected with the expansion of the Affordable Care Act and more and more women getting health insurance to see kind of the opposite findings of more people being able to get screened.

4. Cynthia Littleton:

   Surprising to not see 'Empire' breakthrough in drama after making such a splash, very surprising to see 'Big Bang Theory' not in the race for comedy series and 'Good Wife' not in the race for drama, big Bang Theory.

5. John Stephenson:

   It's not surprising, wolves do tend to attempt to reproduce each year. We expected them to den again.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=Surprising
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Surprising
3. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=Surprising
4. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
5. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Surprising