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English

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Etymology

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FromMiddle Englishsurprise, borrowed fromMiddle Frenchsurprise(“an overtake”), nominal use of the past participle ofOld Frenchsorprendre(“to overtake”), fromsor-(“over”) +prendre(“to take”), fromLatinsuper- +Latinprendere, contracted fromprehendere(“to grasp, seize”).Doublet ofsuppli.

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Noun

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surprise (countable anduncountable,pluralsurprises)

  1. Something unexpected.
    It was asurprise to find out I owed twice as much as I thought.
    It came as asurprise when he succeed.
    • 2012 September 7, Phil McNulty, “Moldova 0-5 England”, inBBC Sport:
      England were graphically illustrating the huge gulf in class between the sides and it was nosurprise when Lampard added the second just before the half hour. Steven Gerrard found his Liverpool team-mate Glen Johnson and Lampard arrived in the area with perfect timing to glide a header beyond Namasco.
    • 2013 August 14, Daniel Taylor, “Rickie Lambert’s debut goal gives England victory over Scotland”, inThe Guardian‎[1]:
      They had begun brightly but the opening goal was such a blow to their confidence it almost came as asurprise whenWalcott, running through the inside-right channel, beat the offside trap and, checking back on to his left foot, turned a low shot beyondAllan McGregor in the Scotland goal.
    • 2016,VOA Learning English (public domain)
      Surprise! - A party! Awesome!
    • 2021 October 20, “Stop & Examine”, inRAIL, number942, page71:
      She bought the model as asurprise gift for a friend who is a lifelongHST fan and railwayman, and who will soon be celebrating a milestone birthday.
    1. A mess offeces, left by a pet or small child in an unexpected place or at an unexpected time.
      After the housecleaners drove off, the cat left asurprise for us on the carpet.
  3. The feeling that something unexpected has happened.
    Imagine mysurprise on learning I owed twice as much as I thought I did.
    • 1963,Margery Allingham, “Eye Witness”, inThe China Governess: A Mystery, London:Chatto & Windus,→OCLC,page249:
      The story struck the depressingly familiar note with which true stories ring in the tried ears of experienced policemen.[…]The second note, the high alarum, not so familiar and always important since it indicates the paramount sin in Man’s private calendar, took most of them bysurprise although they had been well prepared.

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Translations

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something not expected
attributively: that is unexpected
feeling that something unexpected has happened
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Verb

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surprise (third-person singular simple presentsurprises,present participlesurprising,simple past and past participlesurprised)

  1. (transitive) To cause (someone) to feel unusually alarmed or delighted by something unexpected.
    Itsurprises me that I owe twice as much as I thought I did.
  2. (transitive) To 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 andsurprise him.
  3. (intransitive) To undergo or witness something unexpected.
    He doesn’tsurprise easily.
  4. (intransitive) To cause surprise.
  5. (transitive) To attack unexpectedly.
  6. (transitive) To take unawares.
    • 1838 (date written),L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], chapter IX, inLady Anne Granard; or, Keeping up Appearances. […], volume I, London:Henry Colburn, […], published1842,→OCLC,page112:
      "You were right," replied Isabella, "and I should not havesurprised your confidence, had I not had something I wished to say. I know what you mean to do with Mr. Glentworth's gift—a marriage would scarcely be one without wedding-dresses—he has been equally generous to me, and you must keep the money till it is wanted, which, I hope, will be soon."

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Translations

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cause (someone) to feel surprise
do something to (a person) that they are not expecting, as a surprise
to take unawares, to come on to something unexpectedly

Interjection

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surprise

  1. Drawing attention to a surprising action by oneself.
    "Surprise!" we shouted as we jumped out from the cupboard. "Happy birthday!"
  2. Sarcastically drawing attention to something that should have been obvious.
    • 2013, John Connell,Beginning Visual Basic 6 Database Programming, page129:
      When we add code modules, we will have an additional folder called (surprise!)Modules.

Translations

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expressing surprise, utters when one is surprised

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Dutch

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Etymology

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Borrowed fromFrenchsurprise.

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Noun

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surprise f (pluralsurprises,diminutivesurprisetje n)

  1. (Netherlands) agift wrapped in aningenious orcreative manner; often givenanonymously duringSinterklaas celebrations in a similar way tosecret Santa
  2. asurprise gift
  3. (obsolete) a surprise
    Synonym:verrassing

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French

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Etymology

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From the feminine ofsurpris, past participle of the verbsurprendre.

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Participle

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surprise f sg

  1. femininesingular ofsurpris
    Je t’aisurprise en flagrant délit.
    Icaught you in the act.

Adjective

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surprise

  1. femininesingular ofsurpris

Noun

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surprise f (pluralsurprises)

  1. surprise(something unexpected)

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Middle French

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Noun

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surprise f (pluralsurprises)

  1. alternative form ofsurprinse

Adjective

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surprise

  1. femininesingular ofsurpris

Verb

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surprise

  1. femininesingular of thepastparticiple ofsurprendre
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