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
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
surprisingnoun
The action of the verb to surprise.
surprisingadjective
That is or are a surprise.
A surprising number of people attended the rally.
Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
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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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
Surprising
of Surprise
Surprisingadjective
exciting surprise; extraordinary; of a nature to excite wonder and astonishment; as, surprising bravery; a surprising escape from danger
British National Corpus
Spoken Corpus Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'surprising' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #2875
Written Corpus Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'surprising' in Written Corpus Frequency: #3427
Adjectives Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'surprising' in Adjectives Frequency: #388
Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of surprising in Chaldean Numerology is: 7
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of surprising in Pythagorean Numerology is: 6
Examples of surprising in a Sentence
It’s not that surprising when you think of it, the oil producers have been pushing hard on this for several years now, and the push has gotten greater as the production from the shale formations has increased.
When we look at the association between complexity of work with people or data, we see that those in more complex jobs generally do better on a range of cognitive ability measures, that’s not necessarily surprising . . . but we were able to add an interesting twist.
It was a little surprising to see Apple Watches reach for the alarmist approach and position their devices as potential life savers.
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.
A little bit surprising, but the rules are the rules. Kansas City Royals live by them and the rest of the league lives by them, definitely not a series you’re going to take lightly going into the break. You kind of see who they have, you game plan accordingly, and hopefully build off this two-game series( sweep) against the Phillies.
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- sorprenentCatalan, Valencian
- überraschend, erstaunlich, verwunderlichGerman
- εκπληκτικόςGreek
- mirigeEsperanto
- sorprendenteSpanish
- yllättäväFinnish
- étonnante, étonnant, surprenante, surprenantFrench
- meglepőHungarian
- sorprendenteItalian
- verrassendDutch
- удиви́тельный, порази́тельныйRussian
- överraskandeSwedish
- sbarant, ewaerante, ewaerant, saizixhante, sbarante, saizixhantWalloon
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