🎉surprise

noun
/səˈpraɪz/

Meaning

a sudden and unexpected event or situation

Example Sentences

His arrival was a pleasant surprise.

Example Expressions

a pleasant surprise

Synonyms

shock, astonishment, amazement, wonder

Antonyms

expectation, predictability

Collocations

pleasant surprise, unexpected surprise, big surprise

More Example Sentences

Being surprised, she screamed loudly.

We were surprised to finish so early.

I was surprised to find the shop open.

She was surprised to get an invitation.

Having been surprised the children cried.

He was surprised to learn how easy it was.

He was surprised to hear me speak English.

They were surprised to see how calm she was.

They were surprised to receive my message so quickly.

A man teaches himself to play the guitar using free lessons on the internet after buying an inexpensive acoustic guitar from a second-hand music shop and he practices basic chords every evening in his living room after dinner struggling at first with sore fingers and wrong notes but gradually improving over several months until he can play his favorite songs from start to finish and surprises his family with a performance at a holiday gathering.

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a moving ridge or swell on the surface of water; a gesture made by moving the hand back and forth

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