wonder
/ˈwʌndɚ/ noun B1- A sense of awe, astonishment and curiosity, inspired by unexpected events, novel experiences and inexplicable circumstances, sometimes accompanied by surprise, shock or reverence.
- Something that causes amazement or awe; a marvel. · Wonders of the World seem to come in sevens.
- Fortunate circumstances. · That stay in the country did her wonders.· It's a wonder no-one saw me.
- An astonishing and seemingly inexplicable turn of events. · The idea was so ridiculous that it's a wonder anyone went along with it.
- A feat that demonstrates incredible finesse or skill, as if performed by magic. · Given the limited resources, he's really performed wonders.
- Someone very talented at something, a genius. · He's a wonder at cooking.
- A nominalizer that serves as a head noun for the preceding adjective, which together form a mocking or insulting epithet. · So the voiceless wonder speaks at last.
- A kind of donut; a cruller.
Plural wonders
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Either the well was very deep, or she fell very slowly, for she had plenty of time as she went down to look about her and to wonder what was going to happen next.
“I wonder how many miles I’ve fallen by this time?” she said aloud.
Let me see: that would be four thousand miles down, I think—” (for, you see, Alice had learnt several things of this sort in her lessons in the schoolroom, and though this was not a _very_ good opportunity for showing off her knowledge, as there was no one to listen to her, still it was good practice to say it over) “—yes, that’s about the right distance—but then I wonder what Latitude or Longitude I’ve got to?” (Alice had no idea what Latitude was, or Longitude either, but thought they were nice grand words to say.)
“I wonder if I shall fall right _through_ the earth!
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