surprise
/səˈpɹaɪz//səˈpɹaɪz/noun
Definitions
Something unexpected.
Example: It was a surprise to find out I owed twice as much as I thought I did.
The feeling that something unexpected has happened.
Example: Imagine my surprise on learning I owed twice as much as I thought I did.
A dish covered with a crust of raised pastry, but with no other contents.
verb
Definitions
To cause (someone) to feel unusually alarmed or delighted by something unexpected.
Example: It surprises me that I owe twice as much as I thought I did.
To do something to (a person) that they are not expecting, as a surprise.
Example: He doesn’t know that I’m in the country – I thought I’d turn up at his house and surprise him.
To undergo or witness something unexpected.
Example: He doesn’t surprise easily.
To cause surprise.