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Definition of wow verb from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

wow

verb
 
/waʊ/
 
/waʊ/
(informal)
Verb Forms
present simple I / you / we / they wow
 
/waʊ/
 
/waʊ/
he / she / it wows
 
/waʊz/
 
/waʊz/
past simple wowed
 
/waʊd/
 
/waʊd/
past participle wowed
 
/waʊd/
 
/waʊd/
-ing form wowing
 
/ˈwaʊɪŋ/
 
/ˈwaʊɪŋ/
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  1. wow somebody (with something) to impress somebody very much, especially with a performance
    • He wowed audiences around the country with his new show.
    Oxford Collocations DictionaryWow is used with these nouns as the object:
    • audience
    See full entry
    Word Originsense 1natural exclamation: first recorded in Scots in the early 16th cent.sense 2 1930s: imitative.
See wow in the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary
perspective
noun
 
 
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