surprise

From Wiktionary
surprise is on the Basic English 850 List.
support - surprise - sweet
surprise is one of the 1000 most common headwords.
sure - surprise - switch
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Pronunciation[change]

Verb[change]

Plain form
surprise

Third-person singular
surprises

Past tense
surprised

Past participle
surprised

Present participle
surprising

  1. To do something that another person didn't think you were going to do.
    You surprised me by coming here. I thought you were going to Jimmy's house.

Noun[change]

Singular
surprise

Plural
surprises

  1. A thing that surprises someone, mostly something good.
    The number of apples on the tree this year is a surprise.


Emotions or feelings (edit)
anger - confusion - embarrassment - envy - fear - happiness - hate - love - regret - sadness - shame - surprise - worry