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Amazing
is always a great word to know.
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Example Sentences
- Come for a virtual visit and learn more about these amazing animals.
- Follow our guide for amazing hikes and spectacular views.
- Watch how the human body performs amazing feats every day.
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verb (used with object)
1.
to overwhelm with surprise or sudden wonder; astonish greatly.
2.
Obsolete. to bewilder; perplex.
noun
4.
Archaic. amazement.
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Word Origin & History
amaze
early 13c., amasian "stupefy, make crazy," from a-, probably used here as an intensive prefix, + -masian, related to maze (q.v.). Sense of "overwhelm with wonder" is from 1590s.
EXPANDamazing
1590s, prp. adj. from amaze (q.v.). Originally "dreadful;" sense of "wonderful" is recorded from 1704.
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