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      surprise
      noun
      Something unexpected.
      The feeling that something unexpected has happened.
      A mess of feces, left by a pet or small child in an unexpected place or at an unexpected time.
      A city in Maricopa County, Arizona, the largest place with this name.
      A number of places in the United States:
      An unincorporated community in Jackson County, Indiana.
      A village in Butler County, Nebraska.
      A populated place in Greene County, New York.
      Former name of Surprise Station, California.
      verb
      (transitive) To cause (someone) to feel unusually alarmed or delighted by something unexpected.
      (transitive) To do something to (a person) that they are not expecting, as a surprise.
      (intransitive) To cause surprise.
      (transitive) To attack unexpectedly.
      (transitive) To take unawares.
      (intransitive) To undergo or witness something unexpected.
      Roots
      supersur- · Latin · over, aboveprehendo-prise · Latin · grasp, seize
      Synonyms for surprise
      astonishmentnastonishvamazementnamazevastoundvflabbergastvshockndismayndumbfoundvwondermentnnonplusvawenwondern
      Words related to surprise
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