SURPRISES

Something unexpected.

"It was a surprise to find out I owed twice as much as I thought I did."

The feeling that something unexpected has happened.

"Imagine my surprise on learning I owed twice as much as I thought I did."

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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."

To do something to (a person) that they are not expecting, as a surprise.

"He doesn’t know that I’m in the country – I thought I’d turn up at his house and surprise him."

To undergo or witness something unexpected.

"He doesn’t surprise easily."