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{
"term": "surprised",
"partOfSpeech": "adjective",
"ox3000": true,
"cefr": "a2",
"definitions": [
{
"senseNumber": null,
"definition": "feeling or showing surprise",
"sensetop": "surprised at/by somebody/somethingsurprised to see, hear, learn, discover, findsurprised (that)…",
"examples": [
{
"text": "a surprised look"
},
{
"text": "She looked surprised when I told her."
},
{
"text": "I was surprised at how quickly she agreed.",
"contextForm": "surprised at/by somebody/something"
},
{
"text": "I'm surprised at you, behaving like that in front of the kids."
},
{
"text": "They were surprised to find that he'd already left.",
"contextForm": "surprised to see, hear, learn, discover, find"
},
{
"text": "You shouldn’t be surprised (that) he didn’t come.",
"contextForm": "surprised (that)…"
},
{
"text": "**Don't be surprised if** I pretend not to recognize you."
},
{
"text": "‘Will she cancel the party?’ ‘**I wouldn't be surprised**.’"
},
{
"text": "You’d be surprised how many people voted for him."
},
{
"text": "He was **pleasantly surprised** to discover that he was no longer afraid."
},
{
"text": "to be **a little/a bit/quite surprised**"
},
{
"text": "She seemed somewhat surprised at his reaction."
},
{
"text": "Her father didn't seem at all surprised."
},
{
"text": "I am constantly surprised by what my fourteen-month-old son understands."
},
{
"text": "She appeared genuinely surprised by this gesture of affection."
}
],
"topics": ["Feelings"],
"collocations": {
"verbs": ["appear", "be", "feel"],
"adverb": ["extremely", "fairly", "very"],
"preposition": ["at", "by"]
}
}
],
"pronunciations": {
"uk": [
{
"pronunciation": "/səˈpraɪzd/",
"audio": "su/surprised/surprised__gb_1.mp3"
}
],
"us": [
{
"pronunciation": "/sərˈpraɪzd/",
"audio": "su/surprised/surprised__us_1_rr.mp3"
}
]
},
"wordOrigin": null
}