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 →

2) (verb, informal) To impress someone greatly: «She wowed the judges». tree →

3) (noun, informal) A great success: «The show was a wow». tree →

4) (sarcastic) Used to show you are not impressed: «Wow, thanks a lot». tree →

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 →
• «Wow, you got full marks!» tree →
• The magician wowed the audience. tree →
• The new playground has a real wow factor. tree →
• Use some wow words in your story to make it exciting. tree →
• «Wow, thanks for eating all the chips,» said Lily crossly. tree →
• The dancers wowed the judges at the competition. tree →
• Wow, but it's a fine feeling to be so smart!" tree →

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.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «wow» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.