"amaze" meaning in English

See amaze in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

IPA: /əˈmeɪz/ [UK] Audio: en-us-amaze.ogg [US] Forms: amaze [canonical], amazes [third-person, singular], amazed [past], amazed [past, participle], amazing [present, participle]
Head templates: {{verb|amaz|e}} [POS TABLE]
  1. If you amaze somebody, you make them feel very surprised. Synonyms: surpise, astonish
    Sense id: simple-amaze-en-verb-jcbszB-Y
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        {
          "text": "It totally amazes me that he handles things as well as he does."
        },
        {
          "text": "She's busy amazing the crowd with the many tricks she knows."
        },
        {
          "text": "He was amazed when he found that the girl was a robot."
        }
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          "word": "surpise"
        },
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          "word": "astonish"
        }
      ]
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        },
        {
          "text": "She's busy amazing the crowd with the many tricks she knows."
        },
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          "text": "He was amazed when he found that the girl was a robot."
        }
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