"surprising" meaning in English

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Adjective

IPA: /səˈpɹaɪzɪŋ/ [Received-Pronunciation], /sɚˈpɹaɪzɪŋ/ [General-American], /səˈpɹaɪzɪŋ/ (note: General American, r-dissimilation) Audio: en-us-surprising.ogg Forms: more surprising [comparative], most surprising [superlative]
Rhymes: -aɪzɪŋ Etymology: From surprise + -ing. Etymology templates: {{af|en|surprise|-ing}} surprise + -ing Head templates: {{en-adj}} surprising (comparative more surprising, superlative most surprising)
  1. Causing surprise. Derived forms: surprisingly Translations (that is or are a surprise): զարմանալի (zarmanali) (Armenian), ғәжәп (ğəjəp) (Bashkir), аптырарлыҡ (aptırarlıq) (Bashkir), иҫ киткес (iś kitkes) (Bashkir), дзі́ўны (dzíŭny) (Belarusian), изненадващ (iznenadvašt) (Bulgarian), неочакван (neočakvan) (Bulgarian), sorprenent (Catalan), verrassend (Dutch), miriga (Esperanto), üllatav (Estonian), yllättävä (Finnish), surprenant (French), étonnant (French), surprenante [feminine] (French), étonnante [feminine] (French), sorprendente (Galician), überraschend (German), verwunderlich (German), erstaunlich (German), εκπληκτικός (ekpliktikós) (Greek), meglepő (Hungarian), sorprendente (Italian), pārsteidzošs (Latvian), surprannant (Norman), overraskende (Norwegian Bokmål), شگفتانگیز (šegeft-angiz) (Persian), تعجبآور (ta'ajjob-âvar) (Persian), cudowny (Polish), surpreendente (Portuguese), surprinzător (Romanian), удиви́тельный (udivítelʹnyj) (Russian), порази́тельный (porazítelʹnyj) (Russian), ди́вный (dívnyj) (Russian), चित्र (citra) (Sanskrit), prekvapivý (Slovak), sorprendente (Spanish), sorpresivo (Spanish), överraskande (Swedish), şaşırtıcı (Turkish), ilginç (Turkish), ди́вний (dývnyj) (Ukrainian), saizixhant [masculine] (Walloon), sbarant [masculine] (Walloon), ewaerant [masculine] (Walloon), syndodol (Welsh)
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Noun

IPA: /səˈpɹaɪzɪŋ/ [Received-Pronunciation], /sɚˈpɹaɪzɪŋ/ [General-American], /səˈpɹaɪzɪŋ/ (note: General American, r-dissimilation) Audio: en-us-surprising.ogg Forms: surprisings [plural]
Rhymes: -aɪzɪŋ Etymology: From surprise + -ing. Etymology templates: {{af|en|surprise|-ing}} surprise + -ing Head templates: {{en-noun}} surprising (plural surprisings)
  1. A situation in which somebody is surprised.
    Sense id: en-surprising-en-noun-onf8Q4GZ

Verb

IPA: /səˈpɹaɪzɪŋ/ [Received-Pronunciation], /sɚˈpɹaɪzɪŋ/ [General-American], /səˈpɹaɪzɪŋ/ (note: General American, r-dissimilation) Audio: en-us-surprising.ogg
Rhymes: -aɪzɪŋ Etymology: From surprise + -ing. Etymology templates: {{af|en|surprise|-ing}} surprise + -ing Head templates: {{head|en|verb form}} surprising
  1. present participle and gerund of surprise Tags: form-of, gerund, participle, present Form of: surprise
    Sense id: en-surprising-en-verb-gq1Ji8fG

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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          "text": "Investors face a quandary. Cash offers a return of virtually zero in many developed countries; government-bond yields may have risen in recent weeks but they are still unattractive. Equities have suffered two big bear markets since 2000 and are wobbling again. It is hardly surprising that pension funds, insurers and endowments are searching for new sources of return.",
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          "roman": "šegeft-angiz",
          "sense": "that is or are a surprise",
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          "code": "fa",
          "lang": "Persian",
          "roman": "ta'ajjob-âvar",
          "sense": "that is or are a surprise",
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          "sense": "that is or are a surprise",
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          "sense": "that is or are a surprise",
          "word": "surprinzător"
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          "code": "ru",
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          "roman": "udivítelʹnyj",
          "sense": "that is or are a surprise",
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          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "porazítelʹnyj",
          "sense": "that is or are a surprise",
          "word": "порази́тельный"
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          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "dívnyj",
          "sense": "that is or are a surprise",
          "word": "ди́вный"
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        {
          "code": "sa",
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  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "surprise",
        "3": "-ing"
      },
      "expansion": "surprise + -ing",
      "name": "af"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From surprise + -ing.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "surprisings",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "surprising (plural surprisings)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "hyphenation": [
    "sur‧pris‧ing"
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with quotations",
        "Quotation templates to be cleaned"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1983, David Dowling, Novelists on Novelists, page xii:",
          "text": "But the comments of most of these novelists are the record of their continual surprisings by the varieties of moral and aesthetic truths.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A situation in which somebody is surprised."
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/səˈpɹaɪzɪŋ/",
      "tags": [
        "Received-Pronunciation"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/sɚˈpɹaɪzɪŋ/",
      "tags": [
        "General-American"
      ]
    },
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      "audio": "en-us-surprising.ogg",
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      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/20/En-us-surprising.ogg"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/səˈpɹaɪzɪŋ/",
      "note": "General American, r-dissimilation"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-aɪzɪŋ"
    }
  ],
  "word": "surprising"
}

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