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# astonishing

«astonishing» in Mova's school dictionary: **hard to believe; amazing** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 1 sentence of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

adjective; present participle of «astonish» (astonish, astonishes, astonished, astonishing)

### meaning for a pupil

Astonishing means so surprising that it is hard to believe; amazing. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/astonishing/#m1)

### sense in the lessons

Used for very surprising facts, events and sights: «an astonishing discovery». In science, «it is astonishing that a tiny seed grows into an oak». In Alice everything that happens is astonishing to Alice. In maths, a result may be «astonishing» when the numbers are much bigger than expected.

### examples

- It is astonishing how fast a cheetah runs. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/astonishing/#x1)
- Alice saw an astonishing sight: a cat with a grin and no body. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/astonishing/#x2)
- The magician did an astonishing trick. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/astonishing/#x3)
- An astonishing number of people came. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/astonishing/#x4)
- The blue whale is astonishing in size. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/astonishing/#x5)
- It's astonishing that you finished so quickly! [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/astonishing/#x6)
- The Queen cried, ‘It is astonishing!’ [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/astonishing/#x7)

### note

Adverb: astonishingly. Stronger than «surprising»; similar to «amazing», «astounding». «Astonished» describes the person who feels it; «astonishing» describes the thing that causes it.

### In the corpora

- [The Badger: «It would be astonishing indeed, if I had done it.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/books/40-willows-ch4-part4-the-city-under-the-wood/16/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «astonishing» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/astonishing/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.