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Meaning of wonder in English

wonder
verb
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/ˈwʌn.dər/ us
/ˈwʌn.dɚ/

wonder verb (QUESTION)

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B1 [ I ]
to ask yourself questions or express a wish to know about something:
[ + question word ] Shouldn't you phone home? Your parents will be wondering where you are.
He's starting to wonder whether he did the right thing in accepting this job.
[ + speech ] Will this turkey be big enough for eight, I wonder?
wonder about "Have you decided where you're going next summer?" "I've been wondering about (= considering) going to Florida."
B1
used in phrases, at the beginning of a request, to make it more formal and polite:
be wondering if/whether We were wondering if/whether you'd like to have dinner with us some time?
[ + question word ] I wonder whether you could pass me the butter?
wonder if I wonder if you could give me some information about places to visit in the area?
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wonder verb (SURPRISE)

[ I ] formal
to feel or express great surprise at something:
[ + (that) ] I don't wonder (that) she burst into tears after the way you spoke to her.
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Idiom

I shouldn't wonder
wonder
noun
uk
/ˈwʌn.dər/ us
/ˈwʌn.dɚ/
[ U ]
a feeling of great surprise and admiration caused by seeing or experiencing something that is strange and new:
fill someone with wonder The sight of the Grand Canyon stretching out before them filled them with wonder.
in wonder The boys gazed in wonder at the shiny red Ferrari.
[ C usually plural ]
an object that causes a feeling of great surprise and admiration:
wonder of We spent a week visiting the wonders of Ancient Greek civilization.
wonder of modern technology With all the wonders of modern technology, why has no one come up with a way to make aircraft quieter?
[ C ] informal
an extremely useful or skilful person:
Our new babysitter's a wonder - she'll come at very short notice and the kids love her.
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Idioms

work/do wonders
it's a wonder
little/small wonder
no wonder
wonders never cease
(Definition of wonder from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)

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wonder
verb
us
/ˈwʌn·dər/

wonder verb (QUESTION)

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to think about things in a questioning and sometimes doubting way:
[ I ] I often wonder about those kids.
[ + question word ] I wonder what he is doing here.
[ I ] Don’t you ever wonder if she’s happy?
wonder
noun [ C/U ]
us
/ˈwʌn·dər/

wonder noun [C/U] (SURPRISE)

a feeling of great surprise and admiration, or someone or something that causes such feelings:
[ U ] People simply stared at her in wonder.
[ C ] She’s a wonder!
[ U ] If you didn’t study, no wonder you failed the test.
[ C ] Among the wonders of medicine is anesthetic.

Idiom

it's a wonder
(Definition of wonder from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

Examples of wonder

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However, something extremely unlikely happens : those who witness the event do not wonder at it at all.
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Not only were amazing new visual devices and technical wonders being offered: invisible worlds were suddenly made visible as if by magic.
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One might wonder how children's pronunciation is influenced by the teachers' nonnative oral skills.
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Little wonder, then, that out of the 254 papers and outlines received so far, it is the best that progress fastest into publication.
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Finally, readers with a topological background may have wondered about possible generalizations of our approach to higher dimensions.
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As tantalizing glimpses of the fully formed wonders to come, though, they offer a valuable perspective to anyone interested in this singular composer's musical evolution.
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One may wonder what this static criterion means for cut-elimination.
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It is little wonder that many elderly people should try to dissociate themselves personally from the false stereotype.
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Columnists wondered why a century-old conference paper came in for such blistering attacks.
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The reader might wonder about the role of political bias in attending to these petitioners.
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It will be no wonder if in the future these sciences advance further and the things which today appear fully ascertained may be proven wrong.
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One wonders how a life spanning such turbulent times, and an artistic output extended across thirty years, could remain so unaffected.
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You may wonder how the existence of this extra reason could avoid the instability of the reason to which it is added.
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With simulations, one must always wonder whether the findings are simply the result of fiddling with the parameters.
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Sonbol wonders that "today women are fighting an uphill battle to achieve what their sisters already had a hundred years ago" (p. 80).
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Translations of wonder

in Chinese (Traditional)
質疑, 疑惑, 想知道…
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质疑, 疑惑, 想知道…
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preguntarse, admiración, asombro…
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perguntar-se, admiração, assombro…
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काळजी करणे, कुतूहूल वाटणे…
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～だろうかと思う, 驚き, 驚嘆…
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merak etmek, hayret, şaşkınlık…
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se demander, émerveillement [masculine], merveille [feminine]…
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preguntar-se, admiració, astorament…
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verwondering, wonder, het wonderlijke…
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உங்களை கேள்விகளைக் கேட்க அல்லது எதையாவது தெரிந்து கொள்ள விருப்பத்தை வெளிப்படுத்த, சொற்றொடர்களில் பயன்படுத்தப்படுகிறது, ஒரு கோரிக்கையின் ஆரம்பத்தில்…
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आश्चर्य होना, जानने को उत्सुक होना, (एक शिष्ट और औपचारिक) अनुरोध करना…
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તમારી જાતને પ્રશ્નો પૂછવા અથવા કોઈ વસ્તુ વિષે જાણવાની ઈચ્છા વ્યક્ત કરવી, વિનંતીના સ્વરૂપમાં પ્રયોજવું…
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forbløffelse, forundring, vidunder…
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[för]undran, under[verk], det märkvärdiga…
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rasa kagum, keajaiban, menakjubkan…
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die Verwunderung, das Wunder, sich wundern…
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undre på, lure på, undring [masculine]…
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حیران ہونا, حیرت ہونا, حیرت (شائستہ انداز سے کسی سے کچھ پوچھنا، کچھ جاننے کی خواہش ظاہر کرنا)…
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здивування, подив, диво…
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ఆశ్చర్యం…
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নিজেকে প্রশ্ন করতে বা কোনোকিছু জানার জন্যে ব্যবহৃত অভিব্যক্তি, অনুরোধের শুরুতে বাক্যাংশে ব্যবহার করা হয়…
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údiv, div, úžasnost…
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keheranan, keajaiban, keanehan…
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ความพิศวง, สิ่งประหลาด, รู้สึกประหลาด…
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sự ngạc nhiên, điều ngạc nhiên, điều gây ngạc nhiên…
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zastanawiać się, podziw, zdumienie…
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궁금해 하다, 경탄…
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domandarsi, meraviglia, meravigliarsi…
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