wonder
see also: Wonder
Pronunciation Noun
Synonyms
Wonder
Noun
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see also: Wonder
Pronunciation Noun
wonder
- Something that causes amazement or awe; a marvel.
- Wonders of the World seem to come in sevens.
- Something astonishing and seemingly inexplicable.
- The idea was so crazy that it is a wonder that anyone went along with it.
- Someone very talented at something, a genius.
- He's a wonder at cooking.
- The sense or emotion which can be inspired by something curious or unknown; surprise; astonishment, often with awe or reverence.
, Theaetetus (dialogue) (section 155d) - Socrates: I see, my dear Theaetetus, that Theodorus had a true insight into your nature when he said that you were a philosopher, for wonder is the feeling of a philosopher, and philosophy begins in wonder. He was not a bad genealogist who said that Iris (the messenger of heaven) is the child of Thaumas (wonder).
- Bible, Acts of the Apostles iii. 10
- They were filled with wonder and amazement at that which had happened unto him.
- 1781, Samuel Johnson, The Lives of the Most Eminent English Poets
- All wonder is the effect of novelty upon ignorance.
- (UK, informal) A mental pondering, a thought.
- (US) A kind of donut; a cruller.
- French: merveille
- German: Wunder, Mirakel
- Italian: meraviglia
- Portuguese: maravilha
- Russian: чу́до
- Spanish: maravilla
- Portuguese: pensamento, pensamento
- Russian: интере́с
- Spanish: pensamiento
wonder (wonders, present participle wondering; past and past participle wondered)
- (intransitive) To be affected with surprise or admiration; to be struck with astonishment; to be amazed; to marvel; often followed by at.
- 1726 October 27, [Jonathan Swift], Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World. In Four Parts. […] [Gulliver’s Travels], London: Printed for Benj[amin] Motte, […], OCLC 995220039 ↗, (
please specify ) : - I could not sufficiently wonder at the intrepidity of these diminutive mortals.
- We cease to wonder at what we understand.
- (transitive, intransitive) To ponder; to feel doubt and curiosity; to query in the mind.
- c. 1603–1604, William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Othello, the Moore of Venice”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies: Published According to the True Originall Copies (First Folio), London: Printed by Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, OCLC 606515358 ↗, [Act III, scene iii]:
- I wonder, in my soul, / What you would ask me, that I should deny.
- He wondered whether penguins could fly. She had wondered this herself sometimes.
Conjugation of wonder
infinitive | (to) wonder | ||
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present tense | past tense | ||
1st-person singular | wonder | wondered | |
2nd-person singular | * wonder, wonderest* | wondered, wonderedst#English|wonderedst* | |
3rd-person singular | wonders, wondereth* | wondered#English|wondered | |
plural | wonder | ||
subjunctive | wonder | ||
imperative | wonder | — | |
participle> participles | wondering | wondered | |
* Archaic or obsolete. |
- thauma
- French: étonner, étonné
- German: wundern
- Spanish: maravillarse, sorprenderse
- French: se demander
- German: sich fragen
- Italian: domandarsi, chiedersi
- Portuguese: ponderar, perguntar-se
- Russian: удивля́ться
- Spanish: preguntarse, ponderar
Wonder
Noun
wonder (plural wonders)
- Any of the Wonders of the World.
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