Meaning of wonder | Babel Free

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1. A sense of awe, astonishment and curiosity, inspired by unexpected events, novel experiences and inexplicable circumstances, sometimes accompanied by surprise, shock or reverence
2. A sense of awe, astonishment and curiosity, inspired by unexpected events, novel experiences and inexplicable circumstances, sometimes accompanied by surprise, shock or reverence.
   uncountable
3. Any of the Wonders of the World.
4. To feel curiosity or be in doubt about: I wondered what kind of costume she would wear. I wondered why I said that.
5. Something that causes amazement or awe; a marvel
6. Something that causes amazement or awe; a marvel.
   countable
7. Remarkable or extraordinary, especially in being beneficial: considers quinoa a wonder grain.
8. Fortunate circumstances
9. Fortunate circumstances.
   countable, uncountable
10. To have a beneficial effect: This tonic will do wonders for you.
11. An astonishing and seemingly inexplicable turn of events
12. An astonishing and seemingly inexplicable turn of events.
    countable, uncountable
13. As a cause for surprise; surprisingly.
14. A feat that demonstrates incredible finesse or skill, as if performed by magic
15. A feat that demonstrates incredible finesse or skill, as if performed by magic.
    countable, uncountable
16. Stevie (Stevland Morris), born 1950, U.S. pop singer and musician.
    (Stevland Morris),
17. Someone very talented at something, a genius.
    countable, uncountable
18. arousing wonder; extraordinary, especially in excellence. a wonderful opportunity; a wonderful present; She's a wonderful person. wonderlik رائِع чудесен maravilhoso skvělý wunderbar dejlig; vidunderlig θαυμάσιοςmaravilloso imeline, suurepärane خارق العاده؛ شگفت انگیز ihmeellinen merveilleuxנפלא, מדהים अद्भूत divan, prekrasan csodálatos hebat undursamlegur; frábær meraviglioso すばらしい 멋진 nuostabus brīnišķīgs mengagumkan; menakjubkan geweldigvidunderlig, praktfull, fremragendecudowny هيښوونكى، ه...
    especially
19. A nominalizer that serves as a head noun for the preceding adjective, which together form a mocking or insulting epithet.
    colloquial, countable, sarcastic, uncountable
20. wonderlik بصورةٍ رائِعَه чудесно maravilhosamente báječně wunderbar dejligt; vidunderligt θαυμάσιαmaravillosamente suurepäraselt به طور شگفت انگیز ihmeellisesti merveilleusementנפלא अद्भूत रूप से divno, prekrasno csodálatosan secara hebat frábærlega meravigliosamente すばらしく 멋지게 nuostabiai brīnišķīgi sangat mengagumkan geweldigpraktfullt, fremragendecudownie په تعجب، په اريانتيا maravilhosamente minunat замечательно úžasne, ohromne čudovito predivno underbart, förunderligt อย่างน่าประหลาดใจ ola...
21. A mental pondering, a thought.
    UK, countable, informal
22. with great curiosity and amazement. The children gazed wonderingly at the puppets. verwonderend بِتَعَجُّب чудейки се maravilhado užasle verwundert med forundring με περιέργεια και δέος con admiración imestades متحیرانه ihmetellen avec étonnement בִּפלִיאָה आश्चर्यचकित रूप से začuđeno, zadivljeno csodálkozva keheranan með undrun con stupore 不思議そうに 기이한 듯한 su nuostaba brīnoties; ar izbrīnu amat kagum verwonderdmed undring, undrende w zdumieniu په حيرانتيا سره maravilhado cu mirare изумлённо s ú...
23. A kind of donut; a cruller.
    US, countable
24. a land or place full of wonderful things. wonderland أرْض العَجائِب страна на чудесата país das maravilhas země divů das Wunderland eventyrland χώρα των θαυμάτων país de la maravilla imedemaa سرزمین عجایب ihmemaa pays merveilleux אֶרֶץ הַפלָאוֹת परीलोक zemlja čudesa, zemlja bajki csodaország negeri ajaib undraland paese delle meraviglie 不思議の国 기이한 (동화의) 나라 stebuklų šalis brīnumzeme alam ajaib sprookjeslandeventyrland kraina czarów دعجايبو مځكه país das maravilhas ţara minunilor страна чудес kr...
25. wonderful. wonderlik عَجيب، مُدْهِش، رائِع чудесен maravilhoso skvělý wundersam forunderlig; vidunderlig θαυμαστόςmaravilloso imeline سحر آمیز، فوق العاده vaikuttava merveilleuxנפלא अद्भूत čudesan csodálatos ajaib furðulegur, stórkostlegur meraviglioso すばらしい 놀라운 įstabus brīnumains; brīnišķīgs mengagumkan wonderbaarlijkvidunderlig, eventyrlig, forunderligcudowny هيښوونكى، هك پك كوونكى، اريانوونكى maravilhoso mi­nu­­nat дивный skvelý, úžasný čudovit prekrasan underbar, förunderlig น่าอัศจรรย์ h...

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Examples

“And they knew that it was hee which ſate for almes at the beautifull gate of the Temple: and they were filled with wonder and amazement at that which had happened vnto him.”

“All wonder is the effect of novelty upon ignorance.”

“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).”

“Stuff your eyes with wonder […]live as if you'd drop dead in ten seconds. See the world. It's more fantastic than any dream made or paid for in factories.”

“Wonders of the World seem to come in sevens.”

“That concertina was a wonder in its way. The handles that was on it first was wore out long ago, and he'd made new ones of braided rope yarn. And the bellows was patched in more places than a cranberry picker's overalls.”

“That stay in the country did her wonders.”

“It's a wonder no-one saw me.”

“The idea was so ridiculous that it's a wonder anyone went along with it.”

“Given the limited resources, he's really performed wonders.”

“He's a wonder at cooking.”

“So the voiceless wonder speaks at last.”

“Well, I wanted to tell the brainless wonder what I thought of him.”

“'Where is the cheating dickless wonder?'”

“Well, the chinless wonder in question broke out through a snatch squad and evaded capture as neatly as any field op in the Network.”

“Miss Paynter had a little wonder as to whether the man, as she called Mr. Lacy in her own mind, had ever been admitted to this room. She thought not.”

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