transcription, транскрипция: [ sə(r)praɪzɪŋ ]
Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English.
1.
Something that is surprising is unexpected or unusual and makes you feel surprised.
It is not surprising that children learn to read at different rates...
A surprising number of customers order the same sandwich every day.
ADJ : oft it v-link ADJ that / to-inf
• sur‧pris‧ing‧ly
...the Flemish Bloc, which did surprisingly well in the general election last year...
ADV : ADV with cl , ADV adj / adv
2.
see also surprise