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.

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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   David

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   Mark

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   Daniel

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   Libby

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   Mia

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   Karen

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   Hayley

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   Natasha

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   Veena

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   Priya

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   Neerja

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   Zira

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   Oliver

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   Wendy

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   Fred

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   Tessa

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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. Dennis Jose:

   It's a little bit surprising that a lower oil price is taken as such a negative by the stock market, but if lower oil prices cause a higher probability of defaults within energy companies, that could feed through to other sectors and lead to instability.

2. Ted Cruz:

   It's not surprising that President Obama is attacking me personally, i'll tell you what is shameful is that we have a President that after 7 years still refuses to utter the words radical Islamic terrorism.

3. Thomas Simons:

   We got some pretty surprising GDP data, an upward revision, and not too many people had pegged that.

4. Kimberly Gudzune:

   Both seem small and I think would be surprising to many patients— those usually translate into a 3 to 5 percent weight loss for the starting weight for most of the patients in these trials.

5. Valentina Gallo:

   It is surprising that [ gender inequality ] is so strongly associated with mortality. There is something going on that makes girls severely more discriminated than boys in many regions in the world.

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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. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/surprising