WONDER
\wˈʌndə], \wˈʌndə], \w_ˈʌ_n_d_ə]\
Definitions of WONDER
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1914 - Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language
- 1874 - Etymological and pronouncing dictionary of the English language
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something that causes feelings of wonder; "the wonders of modern science"
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be amazed at; "We marvelled at the child's linguistic abilities"
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place in doubt or express doubtful speculation; "I wonder whether this was the right thing to do"; "she wondered whether it would snow tonight"
By Princeton University
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something that causes feelings of wonder; "the wonders of modern science"
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be amazed at; "We marvelled at the child's linguistic abilities"
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place in doubt or express doubtful speculation; "I wonder whether this was the right thing to do"; "she wondered whether it would snow tonight"
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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That emotion which is excited by novelty, or the presentation to the sight or mind of something new, unusual, strange, great, extraordinary, or not well understood; surprise; astonishment; admiration; amazement.
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To be affected with surprise or admiration; to be struck with astonishment; to be amazed; to marvel.
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To feel doubt and curiosity; to wait with uncertain expectation; to query in the mind; as, he wondered why they came.
By Oddity Software
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That emotion which is excited by novelty, or the presentation to the sight or mind of something new, unusual, strange, great, extraordinary, or not well understood; surprise; astonishment; admiration; amazement.
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To be affected with surprise or admiration; to be struck with astonishment; to be amazed; to marvel.
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To feel doubt and curiosity; to wait with uncertain expectation; to query in the mind; as, he wondered why they came.
By Noah Webster.
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The state of mind produced by anything new or unexpected; astonishment; cause of surprise; prodigy.
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Be astonished at; to feel doubt and curiosity.
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To be doubtful about; to wish to know.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
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The state of mind produced by something new, unexpected, or extraordinary: a strange thing: a prodigy.
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To feel wonder: to be amazed (with at).
By Daniel Lyons
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
By James Champlin Fernald
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That emotion which is excited by novelty, or the presentation to the sight or mind of something new, unusual, strange, great, extraordinary, or not well understood; something that arrests the attention or strikes the mind by its novelty, grandeur, or inexplicableness; that which excites surprise; a strange thing; a prodigy; anything mentioned with surprise; a miracle.
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To be struck with wonder; affected by surprise or admiration. Seven wonders of the world, the Egyptian Pyramids, the Mausoleum erected by Artemisia, the Temple of Diana at Ephesus, the walls and hanging gardens of Babylon, the Colossus at Rhodes, the statue of Jupiter Olympius by Phidias, and the Pharos or watch-tower of Alexandria.
By Nuttall, P.Austin.
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Surprise caused by something new, strange, or unexpected, which at the moment appears inexplicable; a word which expresses less emotion than astonishment, and greatly less than amazement; a thing which excites surprise; a strange thing; a prodigy; a miracle; in phren., a certain organ.
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To be struck with surprise or slight astonishment; to feel doubt and curiosity, as, "I wonder whether he will be in time".
By Stormonth, James, Phelp, P. H.
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