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Definition of wonderful adjective from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

wonderful

adjective
 
/ˈwʌndəfl/
 
/ˈwʌndərfl/
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  1. very good, pleasant or a lot of fun
    • This is a wonderful opportunity to invest in new markets.
    • The builders have done a wonderful job here.
    • it is wonderful to do something It's wonderful to see you!
    • it is wonderful that… It's so wonderful that you can all come!
    • You've all been absolutely wonderful!
    • a wonderful experience/place/day/book
    • a truly wonderful surprise
    • a really wonderful person
    • We had a wonderful time last night.
    • The organization is doing wonderful things for the community.
    • the strange and wonderful world of Chinese ghost stories
    • to look/sound/feel wonderful
    • It would be wonderful if you could be there.
    Extra Examples
    • The weather was absolutely wonderful.
    • Note the wonderful skill in these sculpted hands and faces.
    • She's a truly wonderful person.
    • Winning first prize is a wonderful achievement.
    • It was a wonderful feeling to be arriving home again.
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryverbs
    • be
    • feel
    • look
    adverb
    • most
    • really
    • absolutely
    phrases
    • strange and wonderful
    • weird and wonderful
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  2. it is wonderful what… making you feel great surprise and pleasure synonym remarkable
    • It's wonderful what you can do when you have to.
    • It's wonderful what a little flattery will do.
    Synonyms wonderfulwonderfullovely delightfulThese words all describe an experience, feeling or sight that gives you great pleasure.wonderful that you enjoy very much; that gives you great pleasure; extremely good:
    • We had a wonderful time last night.
    • The weather was absolutely wonderful.
    lovely (especially British English, rather informal) that you enjoy very much; that gives you great pleasure; very attractive:
    • What a lovely day! (= the weather is very good)
    • It’s been lovely having you here.
    delightful that gives you great pleasure; very attractive:
    • a delightful little fishing village
    wonderful, lovely or delightful?All these words can describe times, events, places, sights, feelings and the weather. Wonderful can also describe a chance or ability. Lovely is the most frequent in spoken British English, but in North American English, both spoken and written, wonderful is the most frequent. Delightful is used especially to talk about times, events and places.Patterns
    • wonderful/​lovely/​delightful weather/​views/​scenery
    • It’s wonderful/​lovely to be/​feel/​find/​have/​know/​see…
    • It would be wonderful/​lovely/​delightful if…
    • It’s wonderful/​lovely that…
    • That sounds wonderful/​lovely/​delightful.
    • really/​quite/​absolutely wonderful/​lovely/​delightful
    Topics Feelingsb1
  3. Word Originlate Old English wunderfull (see wonder, -ful).
See wonderful in the Oxford Advanced American DictionarySee wonderful in the Oxford Learner's Dictionary of Academic English

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