1 [C] an event, a piece of news, etc. that is unexpected or that happens suddenly:
What a nice surprise! * a surprise attack / announcement / visit * There are few surprises in this year's budget. * I have a surprise for you! * It comes as no surprise to learn that they broke their promises. * Her letter came as a complete surprise. * There are lots of surprises in store for visitors to the gallery. * Visitors to the gallery are in for a few surprises. * Life's full of surprises. * She likes springing surprises on people.
2 [U,C] ~ (at sth)
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This is a English–English dictionary entry.
Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.
This word also appears under other sources in Lughet's collection — see the list below.
This entry for surprise is sourced from Main Dictionary, one of the dictionaries and corpora merged into Lughet.
Is surprise a noun, verb, or something else?
In this entry, surprise is tagged as noun.
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