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Wonder
/ˈwʌndə/
Today’s word is Patience.
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What it means
- noun
Something that causes amazement or awe; a marvel.
“Wonders of the World seem to come in sevens.”
- noun
Something astonishing and seemingly inexplicable.
“The idea was so crazy that it is a wonder that anyone went along with it.”
- noun
Someone very talented at something, a genius.
“He's a wonder at cooking.”
Where it comes from
Wonder is Old English wundor, a word for something astonishing and for the feeling it stirs. It is related to German Wunder. English has used it for the marvel and for the feeling for more than a thousand years. The verb to wonder grew from the same root.
In a sentence
- I wonder who won.by Hybrid, Tatoeba
- It makes you wonder.by CM, Tatoeba
- No wonder people drink.by CK, Tatoeba
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