noun🔗ShareSomething unexpected."It was a surprise to find out I owed twice as much as I thought I did."eventsensationemotionmindessentialChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareThe feeling that something unexpected has happened."Imagine my surprise on learning I owed twice as much as I thought I did."sensationemotionmindessentialChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareA dish covered with a crust of raised pastry, but with no other contents."My grandmother made a delicious surprise for dessert, a flaky pastry crust with nothing inside. "foodessentialChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareTo 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."sensationemotionmindessentialChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareTo 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."actionemotionentertainmenthumaneventessentialChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareTo undergo or witness something unexpected."He doesn’t surprise easily."sensationemotionmindeventessentialChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareTo cause surprise."The unexpected snowstorm surprised everyone in the town. "sensationemotionmindessentialChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareTo attack unexpectedly."The enemy soldiers surprised the town with a sudden attack. "militaryactionwaressentialChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareTo take unawares."The loud noise surprised everyone in the classroom. "emotionsensationmindactionessentialChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
