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# suddenness

«suddenness» in Mova's school dictionary: **how quickly and unexpectedly it happens, without warning** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

noun (no plural)

### meaning for a pupil

The suddenness of something is how quickly and unexpectedly it happens, without warning. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/suddenness/#m1)

### sense in the lessons

a shock or surprise that comes without warning, making a person jump

### examples

- The suddenness of the noise made me jump. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/suddenness/#x1)
- I was shocked by the suddenness of the storm. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/suddenness/#x2)
- Nobody expected the suddenness of the news. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/suddenness/#x3)

### note

nothing for maths

### Trees and pragmatics

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