WONDERFUL


Meaning of WONDERFUL in English

adjective

COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES

a good/great/wonderful etc feeling

It's a great feeling when you try something new and it works.

a good/great/wonderful etc opportunity

It's a great opportunity to try new things.

a good/perfect/wonderful companion

For older people a pet cat can be a very good companion.

a wonderful excuse (= a very good excuse )

A wedding is a wonderful excuse to buy a new outfit.

great/wonderful news

They're getting married? That's wonderful news!

spectacular/magnificent/wonderful etc (= very impressive )

Tourists come for the winter sports and the spectacular scenery.

weird and wonderful (= very strange )

They sell all sorts of weird and wonderful products.

wonderful/magnificent/spectacular/breathtaking

There are breathtaking views from the top of the hill.

COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS

■ ADVERB

how

So sad, when you remember how wonderful she was, and how much she's always done for the village.

There was no denying, in any way; shape or form, just how wonderful it was.

In the lead-up to the trip I had been telling Nat about the Northern Lights and how wonderful they were.

How incredibly hard it is, how wonderful and how awful-often in the space of a few minutes.

He was telling people how wonderful things would be in the future.

See how wonderful I am doing despite the Bureau of Mines being closed.

She just lay thinking how wonderful it would be if she could actually make Pete notice her.

I can not express how wonderful it is to be sometimes told, rather than always doing the telling!

more

His mind is a wand more wonderful than the touch of Midas that could turn all things to gold.

This will still apply regardless of how much more wonderful the paraphernalia of science continues to become.

But the life that is devoted to the finding of beauty is far more wonderful .

It all simply remains wonderful-and will seem even more wonderful when answers have been provided.

Here are to be found experiences more wonderful even than mukti, moksha, sartori, or grace.

And what is even more wonderful , they all think the world of each other.

most

In another pocket there was a most wonderful engine, at the end of a long chain.

But I still think of this as the most wonderful meal of my life.

It will probably be among the most wonderful experiences you've had in any theatre.

Sighing at the wonderful smells from her kitchen, he apologized for being late, but the most wonderful thing had happened.

She has designed the most wonderful costumes for me and she's been a good friend.

But before she died, she had the most wonderful visions visions of a beautiful house, visions of her deceased grandmother.

During the whole of the great day we had most wonderful food.

I still believe the cafe in Datil is the most wonderful place on Planet Earth.

really

There was a really wonderful rocket.

I had a really wonderful time.

What was really wonderful was that the paper swallowed the hoax whole.

Well now we come to West Birk Hatt and the Fawcett family, and really wonderful people they were.

Gee, this is really wonderful .

It sounds really wonderful with a big choir.

Why settle for mediocre goals when you could achieve something really wonderful ?

so

Yes, I'd like to, it looks so wonderful at night.

Ah, so wonderful , thought Hansel and Gretel.

All the others thought it was so wonderful and I couldn't understand what I was missing.

But numbers on economic growth that look so wonderful for the emerging world tell only half the story.

Anabelle had never tasted anything so wonderful .

That is probably why Andrade's foods taste so wonderful: They're filled with clean, lively flavors.

I never saw the views so wonderful .

In fact, I felt so wonderful that I glanced back at Old Red.

■ NOUN

day

And we did not want to miss the opportunity of having such a wonderful day , complete with the white wedding car.

It would be the fearful as well as the wonderful day of the Lord.

Or so I thought, in the good days , the wonderful days, before I felt it.

It will be a wonderful day when somebody picks up the Oscar and does the same thing.

All reported having had a wonderful day and causing much comment and amusement wherever they went.

That first terrifying, wonderful day .

idea

Yes, it's a wonderful idea , computer!

Children are encouraged to have and pursue their own wonderful ideas .

I have a wonderful idea for a restaurant ... all I need is the money.

But I thought it was a wonderful idea .

Not a minute to wait Isn't lastminute.com a wonderful idea ?

It's a wonderful idea , of course!

job

If you set unobtainable objectives you will be seen to have failed even if you do a wonderful job .

He said Minneapolis did a wonderful job in 1992, despite the freezing cold.

He said he'd done a wonderful job in very difficult circumstances.

The players, meanwhile, are doing a wonderful job of not overselling the new ballpark concept.

And it was, of course, a wonderful job .

You saw the owner as a fortunate person-some one who had created a wonderful job for himself.

For example, he reels out evidence that the Government are doing a wonderful job .

Mr John Sumsion, the original Registrar, did a wonderful job .

man

After his untimely death, she had passed the figure on to Carla as a memento of a wonderful man .

He was a husband in a million, a good kind man , a wonderful man to his friends.

A wonderful man and a fine teacher.

news

It was mostly about the child and the wonderful news that he had accomplished an A and a G all by himself.

Cassie shook her head, her mind full of his wonderful news .

They are wonderful news for all of us.

Female speaker It's wonderful news for the poor person.

opportunity

Walking offers wonderful opportunities to get close to wildlife.

This is a very wonderful opportunity for you.

It is a wonderful opportunity to see the major suppliers and decide on the lists you want to consider.

The second salesman excitedly explained that there were wonderful opportunities with an almost unlimited market because no one had shoes yet!

He has built a good team and has a wonderful opportunity and the will to see it through.

And the garish casinos were wonderful opportunities for failure.

This gives him a wonderful opportunity to articulate why he wants to be president.

people

They think they're wonderful people who can never do anything wrong.

They were wonderful people who had the full gamut of emotions.

I met some wonderful people in that place.

And all of the wonderful people I have known.

Well now we come to West Birk Hatt and the Fawcett family, and really wonderful people they were.

There were so many wonderful things and wonderful people connected with it.

What a privilege it has been to share that trip with so many wonderful people .

person

Aunt Dorcas, or Auntie Dor as we called her, was a wonderful person .

The reason she is able to deal with this is because she was a wonderful person before this accident ever happened.

And she is the most wonderful person I have ever known.

She was such a wonderful person .

place

In summer it is a wonderful place for picnics and for children to paddle in the stream.

The Palace Hotel was a wonderful place because it had about twenty-five stores and six different restaurants.

He said the vibe was perfect, a wonderful place to work in as it's so free.

This is a wonderful place to daydream and dawdle.

She had taken him by the hand and they had walked in this wonderful place full of lights.

And there are so many wonderful places for it.

The acting is superb but the backdrop, this wonderful place , will take your breath away.

If we take you out of the equation that is this strange and wonderful place , how different would the place look?

thing

To discover a new species would be a wonderful thing .

They had many wonderful things to teach Earthlings, especially about time.

It was the most wonderful thing to hear Jake finally say such things.

But while dignity and honor are wonderful things , they do not put food on the table or pay the rent.

He was telling people how wonderful things would be in the future.

And I have seen some wonderful things about life as well.

The little things that drive our family mad and the wonderful things that make them love us.

Obviously, you go into hospital to have kids - a wonderful thing , by and large.

things

The North will not get that investment if certain influential people keeping banging on about how wonderful things are.

They had many wonderful things to teach Earthlings, especially about time.

And I can see you making wonderful things out of the tails.

But while dignity and honor are wonderful things , they do not put food on the table or pay the rent.

Now Walter Chrysler was an important collector with a marvellous eye who bought some wonderful things .

And I have seen some wonderful things about life as well.

He was telling people how wonderful things would be in the future.

I see this position as giving me a chance to say what wonderful things are going on in Texas.

time

She's obviously having a wonderful time .

You and your boyfriend have a wonderful time .

Ma and Father shake hands with everyone and look as if they are having a wonderful time .

Amelia had a wonderful time piloting her pet.

She had had a wonderful time and took an extra turn of the floor.

Had a wonderful time , thanks to a generous, patient and chivalrous companion.

A: It is true we had a perfectly wonderful time .

For fans of irony, these are wonderful times .

view

Then it began climbing again to give wonderful views over the tilting layers of rock and lush green land behind us.

The rooms are spacious and luxurious, with wonderful views of the Devon countryside.

Near Balbriggan, there was a wonderful view of sea and river.

At the summit there is a wonderful view of the mountains of four countries.

A wonderful view of most of the Cuillin skyline.

One of the highest gardens in Kent, with wonderful views across the Weald.

way

The terrace is small and the plants aren't great-but it overlooks London in a rather wonderful way .

There is a wonderful way the world will take you at your word.

It is a wonderful way of assuring the presence of core stock and building up stock in Dillons stores.

The Holy Spirit moved and worked through you in a wonderful way this morning.

The old Craven Way is a wonderful way of coming into Dentdale from Ribblesdale.

I should like to see his frank expression and hear his wonderful way of speaking.

Oil burners are wonderful ways of filling a room with a relaxing aroma.

Because, if it's going well, it's a wonderful way to live.

world

And there was that wonderful world of smells!

And what a wonderful world of myth one finds in celebration of this universal mystery!

The wonderful world of reprints One happy way of making a series is by reprinting earlier works in a standardised format.

In fact, her affection for the wonderful world in which she lives has helped her survive.

The wonderful world of dreams had better go.

The Labour party approaches all economic matters on the basis of the new wonderful world of cost-free pay.

Step out of reality - and into a wonderful world of fantasy.

It was a wonderful world , and the aunt was locked out of it.

PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES

be a good/wonderful/terrible etc cook

As a result, the adult John is obsessed with food, has an overstocked fridge and is a good cook .

Franca, said to be a good cook , was not a good cook, just an ingenious cook.

He is a good cook , isn't he?

My aunt and I are good cooks .

Nils may be a good cook , but his time will be better spent away from the galley.

Of motivation to get good grades in school or to be a good cook ?

To be a good cook you have to do a lot of things precisely, but it requires no understanding.

Zelah was a good cook and he enjoyed the meal.

EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES

You're lucky you have such wonderful kids.

EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS

At the Dispensary the doctors and nurses are wonderful .

I always had a wonderful time when we went, and not just because I was with Lois.

In others, central research laboratories produce wonderful results which are of no use to the business.

It's wonderful to have something ancient returned to use.

It reminds me of those wonderful times when a play comes together and it is larger than its individual parts.

Little Billy waved back and laughed and thought how wonderful it all was.

The southwest tower is a wonderful instance of late Gothic work.

Then, my dear Summerlee, it is that most wonderful of devices: a perpetual motion machine!

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