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Surprises

Something unexpected.

📖 Definitions of "Surprises"

noun
  1. 1

    Something unexpected.

    "It was a surprise to find out I owed twice as much as I thought I did."

  2. 2

    The feeling that something unexpected has happened.

    "Imagine my surprise on learning I owed twice as much as I thought I did."

  3. 3

    A dish covered with a crust of raised pastry, but with no other contents.

verb
  1. 1

    To cause (someone) to feel unusually alarmed or delighted by something unexpected.

    "It surprises me that I owe twice as much as I thought I did."

  2. 2

    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."

  3. 3

    To undergo or witness something unexpected.

    "He doesn’t surprise easily."

  4. 4

    To cause surprise.

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