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yllätys — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • surprise noun Something unexpected, or the feeling caused by it.
  • unpredictable adjective Impossible to know or foresee in advance.

Senses

yllätys is used for these senses in English:

  • paraprosdokian A figure of speech in which the latter part of a sentence or phrase is surprising or unexpected in a way that causes the reader or listener to reframe or reinterpret the first part.
  • surprise Something unexpected.
  • surprise The feeling that something unexpected has happened.
  • unpredictable An unpredictable thing.

surprise — full definition

  1. noun Something unexpected, or the feeling caused by it.
  2. verb To cause someone to feel astonished by something unexpected.

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