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" The best subjects are always people, who never fail to amaze me by their unpredictability."
Ronnie James Dio

Meaning of "amaze" in the English dictionary

DICTIONARY

ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD AMAZE

Old English āmasian.
Etymology is the study of the origin of words and their changes in structure and significance.

PRONUNCIATION OF AMAZE

əˈmeɪz


GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF AMAZE

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Amaze is a verb and can also act as a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

The verb is the part of the sentence that is conjugated and expresses action and state of being.

See the conjugation of the verb amaze in English.

WHAT DOES AMAZE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of amaze in the English dictionary

The definition of amaze in the dictionary is to fill with incredulity or surprise; astonish.



CONJUGATION OF THE VERB TO AMAZE

PRESENT

Present
I amaze
you amaze
he/she/it amazes
we amaze
you amaze
they amaze
Present continuous
I am amazing
you are amazing
he/she/it is amazing
we are amazing
you are amazing
they are amazing
Present perfect
I have amazed
you have amazed
he/she/it has amazed
we have amazed
you have amazed
they have amazed
Present perfect continuous
I have been amazing
you have been amazing
he/she/it has been amazing
we have been amazing
you have been amazing
they have been amazing
Present tense is used to refer to circumstances that exist at the present time or over a period that includes the present time. The present perfect refers to past events, although it can be considered to denote primarily the resulting present situation rather than the events themselves.

PAST

Past
I amazed
you amazed
he/she/it amazed
we amazed
you amazed
they amazed
Past continuous
I was amazing
you were amazing
he/she/it was amazing
we were amazing
you were amazing
they were amazing
Past perfect
I had amazed
you had amazed
he/she/it had amazed
we had amazed
you had amazed
they had amazed
Past perfect continuous
I had been amazing
you had been amazing
he/she/it had been amazing
we had been amazing
you had been amazing
they had been amazing
Past tense forms express circumstances existing at some time in the past,

FUTURE

Future
I will amaze
you will amaze
he/she/it will amaze
we will amaze
you will amaze
they will amaze
Future continuous
I will be amazing
you will be amazing
he/she/it will be amazing
we will be amazing
you will be amazing
they will be amazing
Future perfect
I will have amazed
you will have amazed
he/she/it will have amazed
we will have amazed
you will have amazed
they will have amazed
Future perfect continuous
I will have been amazing
you will have been amazing
he/she/it will have been amazing
we will have been amazing
you will have been amazing
they will have been amazing
The future is used to express circumstances that will occur at a later time.

CONDITIONAL

Conditional
I would amaze
you would amaze
he/she/it would amaze
we would amaze
you would amaze
they would amaze
Conditional continuous
I would be amazing
you would be amazing
he/she/it would be amazing
we would be amazing
you would be amazing
they would be amazing
Conditional perfect
I would have amaze
you would have amaze
he/she/it would have amaze
we would have amaze
you would have amaze
they would have amaze
Conditional perfect continuous
I would have been amazing
you would have been amazing
he/she/it would have been amazing
we would have been amazing
you would have been amazing
they would have been amazing
Conditional or "future-in-the-past" tense refers to hypothetical or possible actions.

IMPERATIVE

Imperative
you amaze
we let´s amaze
you amaze
The imperative is used to form commands or requests.
NONFINITE VERB FORMS
Infinitive
to amaze
Past participle
amazed
Present Participle
amazing
Infinitive shows the action beyond temporal perspective. The present participle or gerund shows the action during the session. The past participle shows the action after completion.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH AMAZE

always · anyways · bez · blaze · days · Hayes · haze · hollandaise · maise · maize · mase · maze · mizmaze · pes · phase · phrase · praise · raise · smaze · stays

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE AMAZE

amaurosis · amaurotic · amaut · amazeballs · amazed · amazedly · amazedness · amazement · amazing · amazingly · amazon · amazon ant · Amazon basin · Amazon cherry · Amazon stone · Amazonas · Amazonia · Amazonian · amazonite · amazonstone

WORDS THAT END LIKE AMAZE

ablaze · braze · craze · daze · deglaze · emblaze · faze · gaze · glaze · graze · heat haze · kamikaze · laze · mizzy maze · Naze · overglaze · raze · sleaze · the Naze · underglaze

Synonyms and antonyms of amaze in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «AMAZE»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «amaze» and belong to the same grammatical category.

Translation of «amaze» into 25 languages

TRANSLATOR

TRANSLATION OF AMAZE

Find out the translation of amaze to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.

The translations of amaze from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «amaze» in English.
zh

Translator English - Chinese

使吃惊
1,325 millions of speakers
es

Translator English - Spanish

asombrar
570 millions of speakers
en

English

amaze
510 millions of speakers
hi

Translator English - Hindi

विस्मित
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

يُدْهِشُ
280 millions of speakers
ru

Translator English - Russian

изумлять
278 millions of speakers
pt

Translator English - Portuguese

espantar
270 millions of speakers
bn

Translator English - Bengali

স্তম্ভিত করা
260 millions of speakers
fr

Translator English - French

émerveiller
220 millions of speakers
ms

Translator English - Malay

Kagum
190 millions of speakers
de

Translator English - German

erstaunen
180 millions of speakers
ja

Translator English - Japanese

驚かせる
130 millions of speakers
ko

Translator English - Korean

놀라게 하다
85 millions of speakers
jv

Translator English - Javanese

Amaze
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

làm kinh ngạc
80 millions of speakers
ta

Translator English - Tamil

கவர்வது
75 millions of speakers
mr

Translator English - Marathi

आश्चर्यचकित
75 millions of speakers
tr

Translator English - Turkish

şaşırtmak
70 millions of speakers
it

Translator English - Italian

sbalordire
65 millions of speakers
pl

Translator English - Polish

zdumieć
50 millions of speakers
uk

Translator English - Ukrainian

дивувати
40 millions of speakers
ro

Translator English - Romanian

a uimi
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

καταπλήσσω
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

verbaas
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

förbluffa
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

forbløffe
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of amaze

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «AMAZE»

Principal search tendencies and common uses of amaze
List of principal searches undertaken by users to access our English online dictionary and most widely used expressions with the word «amaze».

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about amaze

EXAMPLES

10 QUOTES WITH «AMAZE»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word amaze.
1
Les Brown
If you set goals and go after them with all the determination you can muster, your gifts will take you places that will amaze you.
2
Karel Capek
I've found a place that would amaze you. People used to live there, but now it's all overgrown and no one goes there. Absolutely no one - only me... Just a little house and a garden. And two dogs.
3
Les Claypool
Daniel Day-Lewis is my favorite actor walking the planet right now. He never ceases to amaze me.
4
Ronnie James Dio
The best subjects are always people, who never fail to amaze me by their unpredictability.
5
Jane Fonda
The capacity of young people to persevere, even under the most adverse conditions, never ceases to amaze me.
6
David Ginola
It never ceases to amaze me the lengths that some people will go to to try and speak to me or meet me.
7
Peter Hook
They amaze me most of those remixes. Some of them are crap. But every time I complain, someone comes up and says they are for a different market that you don't understand. Some of the New Order ones are really great, though.
8
John Keats
Poetry should be great and unobtrusive, a thing which enters into one's soul, and does not startle it or amaze it with itself, but with its subject.
9
Don King
I transcend earthly bounds. I never cease to amaze myself because I haven't yet found my limits. I am quite ready to accept the limits of what I can do, but every time I feel that way - boom! - God touches me and I do something that's even more stupendous than whatever I've done up to then.
10
Lawrence M. Krauss
It never ceases to amaze me that every second of every day, more than 6,000 billion neutrinos coming from nuclear reactions inside the sun whiz through my body, almost all of which will travel right through the earth without interruption.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «AMAZE»

Discover the use of amaze in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to amaze and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Amaze Every Customer Every Time: 52 Tools for Delivering the ...
In Amaze Every Customer Every Time, customer service expert Shep Hyken offers 52 proven tools and ideas for transforming your company into a seriously customer-focused operation—with a serious competitive edge.
Shep Hyken, 2013
2
Amaze Every Customer Every Time: 52 Tools for Delivering the ...
Through revealing stories from Ace’s over-the-top work with customers, Shep explores the five tactical areas of customer amazement: leadership, culture, one-on-one, competitive edge, and community.
Shep Hyken, 2013
3
Amaze Every Customer Every Time: 52 Tools for Delivering the ...
In "Amaze Every Customer Every Time," customer service expert Shep Hyken offers 52 proven tools and ideas for transforming your company into a seriously customer-focused operation--with a serious competitive edge.
Shep Hyken, 2013
4
Amaze Your Customers!: Creative Tips on Winning & Keeping ...
Zanetti also asks readers important questions that will help business people formulate a 'Customer Amazement Strategy'. Everyone involved in selling and providing a service will benefit from reading this book.
Daniel Zanetti, 2006
5
20 Party Tricks: To Amuse and Amaze Your Friends
Provides instructions for performing such tricks as floating the needle, the rising pushpin, exchanging wine for water, and bottling a hard-boiled egg This illustrated and easy to follow guide is the perfect gift for hosts wishing to stage ...
Sophie Blackall, Leith Hillard, 1997
6
You Are One-Third Daffodil: And Other Facts to Amaze, Amuse, ...
The words “did you know?” will never sound the same again! From the Trade Paperback edition.
Tom Nuttall, 2009
7
Amaze Us, O God!: Experiencing the Miraculous
12 Spiritual Keys to the Heavenly Realms In this amazing book, Dr. Mark Hanby shares twelve spiritual keys that will open the doors to God’s miraculous intervention into life here on earth.
Mark Hanby, Roger Roth, 2013
8
The Everything Wedding Shower Book: Thrill the Bride and ...
The Everything Wedding Shower Book is the perfect reference for planning a shower the bride will always remember.
Jennifer Jenkins, 2001
9
Eye Twisters: Ambigrams & Other Visual Puzzles to Amaze and ...
Ambigrams are words that are written or drawn so that they can be read in more than one way, back to front, upside down, turned this way and that.
Burkard Polster, 2008
10
The Seven Secrets of Somewhere Lake: Animal Ways That ...
The Seven Secrets of Somewhere Lake is one of the best books that have come from the pen of this popular author, photographer, lecturer and naturalist. In the summer Sam and Giny plan to make a movie film of the Grand Canyon country.
Sam Campbell, 2001

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «AMAZE»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term amaze is used in the context of the following news items.
1
This Homeless Man Will Amaze You
(Newser) – A homeless man in Florida is an Internet star after footage of him playing the piano went viral this week. But more than that, the ... «Newser, Jul 15»
2
Accomplishments amaze Monroeville's school chief
In the 10 1/2 months he's held the job, the district's chief administrator said he's “amazed at the things that we have accomplished.” The first ... «Norwalk Reflector, Jul 15»
3
Imagination of daughter never ceases to amaze
Right after my daughter was born, probably half a dozen or so people came up to me and provided lots of sage advice and wise warnings. «Natchez Democrat, Jul 15»
4
Review: Ann and Nancy Wilson from Heart amaze at Foxwoods …
Mashantucket - On July 3, Ann and Nancy Wilson from rock band Heart performed a concert at The Grand Theater at Foxwoods Resort Casino. «Digital Journal, Jul 15»
5
"Liverpool never cease to amaze" - Fans react as Manquillo is set to …
Liverpool are considering cutting short Javier Manquillo's two-year loan deal from Atletico Madrid just halfway through after he failed to make a ... «Squawka Football News, Jul 15»
6
Watch X Games biggest water skiing star amaze crowds with his big …
Watch X Games biggest water skiing star amaze crowds with his big fluffy tail. 18:04, 2 July 2015; By Tony McGuire ... «Scottish Daily Record, Jul 15»
7
Shark Week 2015: 50 astonishing shark facts to amaze your friends
It's that time of year again. Discovery Channel's annual Shark Week returns for its 28th year beginning Sunday, with some amazing new ... «OregonLive.com, Jul 15»
8
The Ringling Brothers and Barnum and Bailey present “Built to …
The Ringling Brothers and Barnum and Bailey present “Built to Amaze” to the Gulf Coast. Starting tonight through Sunday, children of all ages ... «WXXV News 25, Jul 15»
9
New Unreal Engine 4 demo videos continue to amaze
We've covered amazing Unreal Engine 4 demo videos before, and more examples have been popping up as artists find new ways to bend its ... «The Tech Report, LLC, Jun 15»
10
Amaze Policy & Advocacy Manager
An exciting new opportunity has been created to lead the policy and advocacy agenda of the peak body for people on the autism spectrum and ... «Pro Bono Australia, Jun 15»
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