Collocation Dictionary
Common collocations with surprise in British Collocation
surprise
noun
What are red words?
Around 90% of spoken and written English relies on just 7,500 common words.
These words are highlighted in red and are ranked using a star system.
- One-star words are commonly used
- Two-star words are even more common
- Three-star words are the most frequently used
What are red words?
Around 90% of spoken and written English relies on just 7,500 common words.These words are highlighted in red and are ranked using a star system.
- One-star words are commonly used
- Two-star words are even more common
- Three-star words are the most frequently used
big
A big surprise was how much free info you can pick up.
pleasant
It is always a pleasant surprise to see who turns up.
unpleasant
unexpected
Looking through these log books often provides some unexpected surprises.
few/many
Log in and expect to find a wealth of high quality academic resources with a few surprises along the way!
be a surprise
As usual, this year’s nominees offered a few surprises.
The final verdict was no surprise to me.
give someone a surprise
Sometimes even descriptive poems work by springing surprises.
get a surprise
Did you have any surprises?
reveal or spoil a surprise
I don’t want to be more specific or it will spoil the surprise!
event
Inspectors make surprise visits to the facilities each year.
result
It was a surprise victory for Kingston on Saturday night in a game that even they admitted they hadn’t expected to win.
person
We had a lovely lunch and our surprise guest was a great finale to the day.
statement
Debbie makes a surprise announcement.
gift
We’ll make the graduate feel extra special with a surprise gift!
Pang Weiguo also has three wins, as does surprise package Mohsen Abulaziz of Qatar.