how to pronounce surprise

/səˈpɹaɪz/

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surprise is pronounced in two syllables

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An example use of surprise in a speech by a native speaker of british english:

“… been quite a surprise to many people so …”

meaning of surprise

Surprise means to catch someone off guard with something pleasant.

surprise frequency in english - B1 level of CEFR

the word surprise occurs in english on average 53.4 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for B1 level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.

topics surprise can be related to

it is hard to perfectly classify words into specific topics since each word can have many context of its use, but our machine-learning models believe that surprise can be often used in the following areas:

1) communication, information, and media;