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# wow

«wow» in Mova's school dictionary: **surprised, amazed or impressed** — 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

exclamation (wow); verb (wow, wows, wowed, wowing); noun (a wow – informal)

### meaning for a pupil

1) (exclamation) Said when you are surprised, amazed or impressed. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/wow/#m1)

2) (verb, informal) To impress someone greatly: «She wowed the judges». [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/wow/#m2)

3) (noun, informal) A great success: «The show was a wow». [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/wow/#m3)

4) (sarcastic) Used to show you are not impressed: «Wow, thanks a lot». [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/wow/#m4)

### sense in the lessons

Everyday talk and stories: «Wow!» shows amazement. In writing lessons: «wow words» are interesting words that make writing exciting. Sarcastic «wow» can hide annoyance – tone matters. Phrases: «wow factor», «wow the crowd», «wow words».

### examples

- Wow, look at that rainbow! [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/wow/#x1)
- «Wow, you got full marks!» [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/wow/#x2)
- The magician wowed the audience. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/wow/#x3)
- The new playground has a real wow factor. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/wow/#x4)
- Use some wow words in your story to make it exciting. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/wow/#x5)
- «Wow, thanks for eating all the chips,» said Lily crossly. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/wow/#x6)
- The dancers wowed the judges at the competition. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/wow/#x7)
- Wow, but it's a fine feeling to be so smart!" [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/wow/#x8)

### note

Informal; avoid it in formal writing except in quotes. Verb: wowed. Like many exclamations, its meaning depends on the tone of voice. A palindrome: it reads the same backwards.

### In the corpora

- [wa («wah!», high and long) means wow, said just like in English when something is amazing.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/chinese-street/30-street-chatter-wow-really-cool/12/)

### Trees and pragmatics

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