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MARVEL (marvelled, marvelling)

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Irregular inflected forms: marvelled  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation, marvelling  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation

 Dictionary entry overview: What does marvel mean? 

MARVEL (noun)
  The noun MARVEL has 1 sense:

1. something that causes feelings of wonderplay

  Familiarity information: MARVEL used as a noun is very rare.


MARVEL (verb)
  The verb MARVEL has 2 senses:

1. be amazed atplay

2. express astonishment or surprise about somethingplay

  Familiarity information: MARVEL used as a verb is rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


MARVEL (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Something that causes feelings of wonder

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural events

Synonyms:

marvel; wonder

Context example:

the wonders of modern science

Hypernyms ("marvel" is a kind of...):

happening; natural event; occurrence; occurrent (an event that happens)

Derivation:

marvel (be amazed at)

marvel (express astonishment or surprise about something)

marvellous; marvelous (being or having the character of a miracle)


MARVEL (verb)

 Conjugation: 
Present simple: I / you / we / they marvel  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation ... he / she / it marvels  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation
Past simple: marveled  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation / marvelled  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation
Past participle: marveled  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation / marvelled  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation
-ing form: marveling  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation / marvelling  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation


Sense 1

Meaning:

Be amazed at

Classified under:

Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing

Synonyms:

marvel; wonder

Context example:

We marvelled at the child's linguistic abilities

Hypernyms (to "marvel" is one way to...):

react; respond (show a response or a reaction to something)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Sentence example:

Sam and Sue marvel over the results of the experiment

Derivation:

marvel (something that causes feelings of wonder)

marveller (someone filled with admiration and awe; someone who wonders at something)


Sense 2

Meaning:

Express astonishment or surprise about something

Classified under:

Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing

Hypernyms (to "marvel" is one way to...):

express; give tongue to; utter; verbalise; verbalize (articulate; either verbally or with a cry, shout, or noise)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s PP
Somebody ----s that CLAUSE

Sentence example:

Sam and Sue marvel over the results of the experiment

Derivation:

marvel (something that causes feelings of wonder)


 Context examples 


“Nor can I marvel at that,” said she, with a little tinkling laugh.

(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

I marvelled where you had got that sort of face.

(Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë)

Martin marvelled at the calm repose of his face.

(Martin Eden, by Jack London)

And oh, the marvel of it! the marvel of it!

(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)

I was marvelling in my own mind how I could possibly have overlooked so obvious a clue.

(The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

But the White Man knows all these marvels for himself, so I shall not weary him with the telling of them.

(Love of Life and Other Stories, by Jack London)

The dense mob of ape-men ran about in bewilderment, marveling whence this storm of death was coming or what it might mean.

(The Lost World, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

“No, I read little or nothing,” said he, when my father marvelled where he got his knowledge.

(Rodney Stone, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

Ah, I have often marvelled at it myself.

(His Last Bow, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

But he had little time to marvel at the transformation.

(White Fang, by Jack London)



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