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Surprise (noun)
Something not expected.
“It was a surprise to find out I owed twice as much as I thought I did.”
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Surprise (noun)
Unexpected.
“The surprise attack was devastating.”
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Surprise (noun)
The feeling that something unexpected has happened.
“Imagine my surprise on learning I owed twice as much as I thought I did.”
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Surprise (noun)
A dish covered with a crust of raised pastry, but with no other contents.
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Surprise (verb)
To cause (someone) to feel unusually alarmed or delighted.
“It surprises me that I owe twice as much as I thought I did.”
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Surprise (verb)
To do something to (a person) that they are not expecting, as a surprise.
“He doesn’t know that I’m in the country – I thought I’d turn up at his house and surprise him.”
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Surprise (verb)
To undergo or witness something unexpected.
“He doesn’t surprise easily.”
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Surprise (verb)
To cause surprise.
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Surprise (verb)
To attack unexpectedly.
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Surprise (verb)
To take unawares.
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Surprised (adjective)
Caused to feel surprise, amazement or wonder, or showing an emotion due to an unexpected event.
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Surprised (verb)
simple past tense and past participle of surprise
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Surprised (adjective)
feeling or showing surprise
“there was a surprised silence”