(much) to my surprise
1much — [ mʌtʃ ] (comparative more [ mɔr ] ; superlative most [ moust ] ) function word, quantifier *** Much can be used in the following ways: as a determiner (followed by an uncountable noun): There isn t much time left. How much money do you have? as… …
2much to someone's surprise — much to someone’s surprise/amazement/annoyance/etc phrase used for saying that something happens that surprises, annoys etc someone a lot Much to my surprise, they offered me a £4,000 scholarship. Thesaurus: ways of saying that you are surprised… …
3much to someone's amazement — much to someone’s surprise/amazement/annoyance/etc phrase used for saying that something happens that surprises, annoys etc someone a lot Much to my surprise, they offered me a £4,000 scholarship. Thesaurus: ways of saying that you are surprised… …
4much to someone's annoyance — much to someone’s surprise/amazement/annoyance/etc phrase used for saying that something happens that surprises, annoys etc someone a lot Much to my surprise, they offered me a £4,000 scholarship. Thesaurus: ways of saying that you are surprised… …
5surprise — sur|prise1 [ sər praız ] noun *** 1. ) count an unusual or unexpected event: There were few surprises in the basketball playoffs this year. come as a surprise: Holman s arrest came as a surprise to the entire community. come as no surprise: Given …
6surprise — 1 noun 1 EVENT (C) an unexpected or unusual event: Joan! What a lovely surprise to see you again! | surprise visit/announcement/attack etc: Let s pay grandma a surprise visit. | US forces launched a surprise attack on the Panamanian capital. |… …
7surprise — I UK [sə(r)ˈpraɪz] / US [sərˈpraɪz] noun Word forms surprise : singular surprise plural surprises *** Ways of expressing surprise: Goodness!/Good heavens!/(Oh) my God → used for showing that you are surprised Good grief! → used for showing that… …
8much */*/*/ — UK [mʌtʃ] / US adverb, determiner, pronoun Word forms much : comparative more UK [mɔː(r)] / US [mɔr] superlative most UK [məʊst] / US [moʊst] Summary: Much can be used in the following ways: as a determiner (followed by an uncountable noun):… …
9surprise — {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} noun 1 feeling of surprise ADJECTIVE ▪ great, total, utter ▪ mild, slight, some ▪ initial …
10surprise — sur|prise1 W2S3 [səˈpraız US sər ] n ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(event)¦ 2¦(feeling)¦ 3 take/catch somebody by surprise 4 take somebody/something by surprise 5¦(gift/party etc)¦ 6 surprise guest/visitor etc 7 surprise! 8 9¦(method)¦ ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ [ …
