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" There's a magical energy and power from the ocean. I was born in a room overlooking the sea, in the middle of a storm. Perhaps, then, it's not surprising that shores touch my soul. Science might disagree, but I think there's a difference in the air on a coast - the positive ions, perhaps."
Jo Beverley

Meaning of "surprising" in the English dictionary

DICTIONARY

PRONUNCIATION OF SURPRISING

səˈpraɪzɪŋ


GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF SURPRISING

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Surprising is an adjective.
The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES SURPRISING MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Surprise

Surprise may refer to: ▪ Surprise, a brief emotional state experienced as the result of an unexpected significant event...

Definition of surprising in the English dictionary

The definition of surprising in the dictionary is causing surprise; unexpected or amazing.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH SURPRISING

advertising · civilizing · compromising · downsizing · enterprising · merchandising · mesmerizing · organizing · rising · saccharising · saccharizing · sizing · socializing · tantalizing · temporising · temporizing · uncompromising · unenterprising · unsurprising · uprising

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE SURPRISING

surpass · surpassable · surpasser · surpassing · surpassingly · surpassingness · surplice · surpliced · surplus · surplus store · surplusage · surprint · surprisal · surprise · surprise party · surprised · surprisedly · surpriser · surprisingly · surprisingness

WORDS THAT END LIKE SURPRISING

agonising · appetising · appraising · below-the-line advertising · bruising · cattle raising · consciousness raising · consciousness-raising · contextual advertising · display advertising · Easter Rising · fundraising · hair-raising · housing · practising · promising · raising · self-raising · subliminal advertising · unappetising · unpromising

Synonyms and antonyms of surprising in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «SURPRISING»

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

Translation of «surprising» into 25 languages

TRANSLATOR

TRANSLATION OF SURPRISING

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

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

Translator English - Chinese

令人惊喜的
1,325 millions of speakers
es

Translator English - Spanish

sorprendente
570 millions of speakers
en

English

surprising
510 millions of speakers
hi

Translator English - Hindi

आश्चर्य की बात
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

مُفَاجِئ
280 millions of speakers
ru

Translator English - Russian

удивительный
278 millions of speakers
pt

Translator English - Portuguese

surpreendente
270 millions of speakers
bn

Translator English - Bengali

বিস্ময়কর
260 millions of speakers
fr

Translator English - French

surprenant
220 millions of speakers
ms

Translator English - Malay

Mengejutkan
190 millions of speakers
de

Translator English - German

überraschend
180 millions of speakers
ja

Translator English - Japanese

驚くべき
130 millions of speakers
ko

Translator English - Korean

놀라운
85 millions of speakers
jv

Translator English - Javanese

Kaget
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

làm ngạc nhiên
80 millions of speakers
ta

Translator English - Tamil

ஆச்சரியம்
75 millions of speakers
mr

Translator English - Marathi

आश्चर्यकारक
75 millions of speakers
tr

Translator English - Turkish

şaşırtıcı
70 millions of speakers
it

Translator English - Italian

sorprendente
65 millions of speakers
pl

Translator English - Polish

zaskakujący
50 millions of speakers
uk

Translator English - Ukrainian

дивовижний
40 millions of speakers
ro

Translator English - Romanian

surprinzător
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

απρόσμενος
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

verrassende
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

förvånande
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

overraskende
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of surprising

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «SURPRISING»

Principal search tendencies and common uses of surprising
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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about surprising

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10 QUOTES WITH «SURPRISING»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word surprising.
1
Jim Beaver
After appearing for eight seasons as a beloved character on 'Supernatural,' it's not surprising that I get most of my recognition on the street from that, and it happens with some frequency. But I'm not a guy who gets recognized often.
2
Annette Bening
The tension I feel is the moment they say, 'Action!' Movies are like lightning in a bottle, and you always want to find when you possibly can catch a surprising moment.
3
Jo Beverley
There's a magical energy and power from the ocean. I was born in a room overlooking the sea, in the middle of a storm. Perhaps, then, it's not surprising that shores touch my soul. Science might disagree, but I think there's a difference in the air on a coast - the positive ions, perhaps.
4
Steve Bisley
As an actor, the thing I want to do to an audience is always be ahead of them and always be surprising in the work without deviating from the writer's intention.
5
Paul Bloom
Most of us know nothing about constitutional law, so it's hardly surprising that we take sides in the Obamacare debate the way we root for the Red Sox or the Yankees. Loyalty to the team is what matters.
6
Daniel J. Boorstin
The most important American addition to the World Experience was the simple surprising fact of America. We have helped prepare mankind for all its later surprises.
7
James Henry Breasted
By 3000 B.C. the art of Egypt was so ripe and so far advanced that it is surprising to find any student of early culture proposing that the crude contemporary art of the early Babylonians is the product of a civilization earlier than that of the Nile.
8
Adam Brody
I want to work with intelligent people and look for scripts that I think are intelligent and surprising.
9
Jimmy Carr
A surprising amount of my jokes sound very implausible but are true.
10
Craig Charles
The inventory process and stepping back in your life can sometimes be a very dark process. But it also can be extremely funny and surprising.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «SURPRISING»

Discover the use of surprising in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to surprising and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Grand Theft Childhood: The Surprising Truth About Violent ...
In Grand Theft Childhood: The Surprising Truth about Violent Video Games and What Parents Can Do, Kutner and Olson untangle the web of politics, marketing, advocacy and flawed or misconstrued studies that until now have shaped parents' ...
Lawrence Kutner, Cheryl Olson, 2008
2
Drive: The Surprising Truth About What Motivates Us
Most people believe that the best way to motivate is with rewards like money—the carrot-and-stick approach. That's a mistake, says Daniel H. Pink (author of To Sell Is Human: The Surprising Truth About Motivating Others).
Daniel H. Pink, 2011
3
The Surprising Purpose of Anger: Beyond Anger Management: ...
The tenets of Nonviolent Communication (1892005034) are applied to a variety of settings in these booklets on how to resolve conflict peacefully.
Marshall Rosenberg, 2005
4
Redirect: The Surprising New Science of Psychological Change
The world-renowned psychologist Timothy Wilson shows us how to redirect the stories we tell about ourselves and the world around us, with subtle prompts, in ways that lead to lasting change.
Timothy D. Wilson, 2011
5
Endless Knight
In this seductive follow-up to Poison Princess, #1 New York Times bestselling author Kresley Cole takes us deeper into the dark world of the Arcana Chronicles.
Kresley Cole, 2013
6
202 Surprising Checkmates
These one- and two-move checkmate drills help players keep alert to new possibilities. Queen sacrifices, "smothered" mates, "quiet moves," castling, en passant pawn capture, much more. 202 exercises. Solutions included.
Fred Wilson, Bruce Alberston, 1998
7
Zig Zag: The Surprising Path to Greater Creativity
The book is filled with hands-on activities that help you manage that process and keep it moving forward to a successful creative outcome." —Josh Linkner, author, Disciplined Dreaming: A Proven System to Drive Breakthrough Creativity "No ...
Keith Sawyer, 2013
8
The Surprising Design of Market Economies
Starting from this surprisingly simple, yet often ignored or misunderstood fact, Alex Marshall takes us on a fascinating tour of the fundamentals that shape markets and, through them, our daily economic lives.
Alex Marshall, 2012
9
The Surprising Archaea: Discovering Another Domain of Life
This book tells their emerging story, from their toughness in the face of forbidding environments to their unique place in evolution and in the world ecosystem.
John L. Howland, 2000
10
Going Solo: The Extraordinary Rise and Surprising Appeal of ...
With eye-opening statistics, original data, and vivid portraits of people who live alone, renowned sociologist Eric Klinenberg upends conventional wisdom to deliver the definitive take on how the rise of going solo is transforming the ...
Eric Klinenberg, 2012

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «SURPRISING»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term surprising is used in the context of the following news items.
1
The surprising ways your personality type affects your career
As it turns out, your personality affects more than just how you interact with your colleagues and boss at work. It also has a lot to do with why you fancy some jobs ... «Business Insider, Jul 15»
2
Nikkei's surprising purchase of the Financial Times
SPIRITS were high at the prestigious Imperial Hotel in Tokyo on July 24th as the top brass of Nikkei, Japan's largest media company, gathered before local ... «The Economist, Jul 15»
3
The Slow Economic Recovery Has a Surprising Culprit
The Slow Economic Recovery Has a Surprising Culprit. A decline in economic freedom since 2000 is the main cause of disappointing GDP growth. Email; Print ... «Barron's, Jul 15»
4
Amazon Posts Surprising Profit
Amazon.com Inc., AMZN 0.56 % typically known for sacrificing short-term profit so it could spend its money on long-term investments, created an investor frenzy ... «Wall Street Journal, Jul 15»
5
The Holy Land's Surprising Wave of Tourism
Carrying a 15-foot wooden cross, John Mbinda traversed the Jerusalem street that Jesus is reputed to have taken to his crucifixion. For the 74-year-old pastor ... «Wall Street Journal, Jul 15»
6
The Roberts Court's Surprising Move Leftward
The Roberts Court's Surprising Move Leftward. By ALICIA PARLAPIANO, ADAM LIPTAK and JEREMY BOWERS UPDATED JUNE 29. This term that just ... «New York Times, Jun 15»
7
Jeb Bush's Surprising Struggle With Moderates
But the striking — and surprising — thing about his candidacy is that he will formally enter the race Monday bearing many of the costs of the center-right ... «New York Times, Jun 15»
8
The Surprising Role of Hospitals in Outbreaks
Subscriber content preview. or Sign In. A major outbreak of Middle East Respiratory Syndrome infecting at least 108 people in South Korea was caused, in part, ... «TIME, Jun 15»
9
The Surprising Reason Why Some People Smile More
Do you crack up at the slightest hint of a joke? Or do you keep a poker face when Uncle Herbert trots out his tired comedy routine? It turns out, whether you're ... «Live Science, Jun 15»
10
The surprising danger of being good at your job
Woman Studying with Laptop Flickr / Kevin McShaneThere are tons of benefits of being a go-getter — but there's also a downside. Science confirms what high ... «Business Insider, May 15»
REFERENCE
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