amazing

[uh-mey-zing]

adjective

1. causing great surprise or sudden wonder.

   He wowed the audience with amazing feats of magical illusion.

2. excellent; wonderful.

   In addition to amazing tour leaders, many of our programs are accompanied by university faculty who are experts on the destination.

amazing

/ əˈmeɪzɪŋ /

adjective

1. causing wonder or astonishment

   amazing feats

Other Word Forms

• amazingly adverb

Word History and Origins

Origin of amazing¹

First recorded in 1520–30; amaze + -ing ²

Example Sentences

"We have created an amazing culture - we all train together and have a great atmosphere when we're on tour," Cash said.

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We rightly fear nuclear proliferation, and yet “amazing grace and good fortune,” and admirable postwar statecraft, “actually bent the arc of history.”

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“It was an amazing feeling,” Mitchell said of last season’s triumph.

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"I think he's an amazing striker. Everyone knows that," the Dutchman said.

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William said while his father was "committed to work", he also had an "amazing capacity for friendship and a capacity to make connections with people".

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