SURPRISE definition: 1. an unexpected event: 2. the feeling caused by something unexpected happening: 3. to make…. Learn more.

surprise (third-person singular simple present surprises, present participle surprising, simple past and past participle surprised) (transitive) To cause (someone) to feel unusually alarmed or delighted by something unexpected. It surprises me that I owe twice as much as I thought I did.

surprise: To cause to feel wonder, astonishment, or amazement, as at something unanticipated.

SURPRISE definition: to strike or occur to with a sudden feeling of wonder or astonishment, as through unexpectedness. See examples of surprise used in a sentence.

A surprise can be an unexpected or astonishing event, such as an ambush or a really great grade on a test you didn't study for. Surprise can be a verb meaning to astonish or startle someone, a noun for the unexpected thing, or for the feeling produced by that surprise.

A surprise can be an unexpected or astonishing event, such as an ambush or a really great grade on a test you didn't study for.

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A surprise is an unexpected event, fact, or piece of news. I have a surprise for you: We are moving to Switzerland!

Surprise (sə (r)ˈprīz ⓘ) is a rapid, fleeting mental and physiological state. It is related to the startle response experienced by animals and humans as the result of an unexpected event. Surprise can have any valence. That is, it can be pleasant/positive, unpleasant/negative, or neutral/moderate.