surprise
IPA: sɝprˈaɪz
noun
- Something unexpected.
- A mess of feces, left by a pet or small child in an unexpected place or at an unexpected time.
- The feeling that something unexpected has happened.
- A number of places in the United States:
- A city in Maricopa County, Arizona, the largest place with this name.
- An unincorporated community in Jackson County, Indiana.
- A village in Butler County, Nebraska.
- A locality in Greene County, New York.
- Former name of Surprise Station, California.
verb
- (transitive) To cause (someone) to feel unusually alarmed or delighted by something unexpected.
- (transitive) To do something to (a person) that they are not expecting, as a surprise.
- (intransitive) To undergo or witness something unexpected.
- (intransitive) To cause surprise.
- (transitive) To attack unexpectedly.
- (transitive) To take unawares.
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Examples of "surprise" in Sentences
- The children hid behind the couch, waiting to surprise their mom as she walked in the door
- I couldn't believe my eyes when I saw the surprise birthday party my friends had planned for me
- The unexpected rain shower was a pleasant surprise on a hot summer day
- Opening the envelope, she was filled with surprise as she read the exciting news inside
- The magician's final trick left the audience in awe and surprise
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