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Definitions: Amaze |
AmazeVerb1. Affect with wonder; "Your ability to speak six languages amazes me!". 2. Be a mystery or bewildering to: "This beats me!" "Got me--I don't know the answer!". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "amaze" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1321. (references) |
Synonyms: AmazeSynonyms: astonish (v), astound (v), baffle (v), beat (v), bewilder (v), dumbfound (v), flummox (v), get (v), gravel (v), mystify (v), nonplus (v), perplex (v), puzzle (v), stupefy (v), stupify (v). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Wonder | Surprise, astonish, amaze, astound; dumfound, dumfounder; startle, dazzle; daze; strike, strike with wonder, strike with awe; electrify; stun, stupefy, petrify, confound, bewilder, flabbergast, stagger, throw on one's beam ends, fascinate, turn the head, take away one's breath, strike dumb; make one's hair stand on end, make one's tongue cleave to the roof of one's mouth; make one stare. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Amaze |
| English words defined with "amaze": Awhape ♦ dazzle. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "amaze": Musits. (references) |
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Screenplays | You know, sometimes I even amaze myself. (My Blue Heaven; writing credit: Nora Ephron) | |
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Les Miserables | Hugo, Victor | Marius was in amaze. |
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| "Amaze" is generally used as a lexical verb (infinitive) -- approximately 71.43% of the time. "Amaze" is used about 91 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Lexical Verb (infinitive) | 71.43% | 65 | 41,645 |
| Lexical Verb (base form) | 27.47% | 25 | 69,787 |
| Noun (singular) | 1.1% | 1 | 339,140 |
| Total | 100.00% | 91 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
amaze me | 46 |
amaze reebok | 19 |
amaze entertainment | 7 |
amaze font | 7 |
amaze mid reebok | 6 |
amaze cleaner | 4 |
reebok classic amaze | 3 |
amaze lyrics | 3 |
amaze ink | 2 |
amaze man mid reebok | 2 |
amaze baby | 2 |
amaze pc | 2 |
reebok classic amaze mid | 2 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "amaze"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Afrikaan | verbaas. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | çudit (astonish, daze, knock, marvel, surprise), çudis (astonish, daze, knock, marvel, surprise). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | ذهل (astonish, astound, bemuse, bewilder, bowl over, confound, distract, flabbergast, flummox, maze, shake, shock, stagger, stun, stupefy, surprise, take a fancy to, taken aback, wonder), شده (astonish, befog, bemuse, dumbfound, flabbergast, maze, stupefy, wither), دهش (astonish, stagger, startle, stun, surprise). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | удивлявам (surprise), смайвам (baffle, bedazzle, dazzle, dismay, dumbfound, flabbergast, kill, knock, knock out, rock, stagger, stun), слисвам (bemuse, boggle, bowl over, flabbergast, startle, stun, transfix), поразявам (astound, attaint, defeat, destroy, dismay, flabbergast, impress, overwhelm, plague, smite, stare, strike down, wow), почудвам (astonish), изумявам (overwhelm, petrify, stupefy). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Chinese | 驚奇 , 惊奇 (Amazed, Amazing, Marveled, Marveling, surprise, surprised, surprising). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | udivit (astonish, astound, surprise), ohromit (astound, bewilder, confound, dismay, dumbfound, flabbergast, strike dumb, stun, stupefy, transfix), divit se (marvel, wonder). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | verwonderen, verbazen, bevreemden. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Esperanto | mirigi. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Farsi | متحیرساختن , متحیر (Astound, Dumbstruck), مات کردن (Checkmate, Taut), مبهوت کردن (Astound, Disconcert, Transfix), سردرگم کردن (Bewilder, Perplex), سردرگم . (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | hölmistyttää (dumbfound, puzzle), hämmästyttää (astonish, surprise), ällistyttää (alarm, appal, dismay, dumbfound, puzzle, stun). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | étonner. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Frisian | ferbaze. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | verwundern (astonish, baffle, baffling, bewilder), verblüffen (astound, baffle, bamboozle, bewilder, confound, dazzle, dumfound, flabbergasted, flummox, Fox, nonplus, perplex, stump, stun, stupefy, to amaze, to baffle, to dumbfound, to flabbergast, to flummox, to puzzle, to stump, to stupefy), erstaunen (amazement, amazing, astonish, astonishment, be amazed, be astonished, bewilderment, marvel, marvel at, stun, wonder, wondrousness). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | καταπλήσσω (astound, bedazzle, bemuse, daze, startle, stun, surprise). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hebrew | ל"פליא (astound, surprise, surprisingly), ל"פתיע (surprise), ל"""ים (appal, appall, astonish, astound, bewilder, bowl over, dumbfound, flabbergast, perplex, shock, stagger, stun, stupefy). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | meglep (maze, surprise, -taken, to dumbfound, to overtake, to take by surprise, -took), meghökkent (abashed, astonish, astound, be taken aback, bowl over, bushed, dumbfounded, dumfounded, flabbergasted, flummox, knock, nonplus, nonplussed, perplex, perplexed, thunderstruck, to abash, to amaze, to appal, to appall, to bowl over, to dumbfound, to flabbergast, to flummox, to nonplus, to perplex, to sensationalize). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Indonesian | mengagumkan (amazing, astonish, astonishing, baffling), mempercengangkan (astonish, baffle, confound, perplex). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | sbalordire (astonish, astound, be amazed, boggle, flabbergast, flummox, stagger, stun). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Korean | 깜짝 놀라게 하십시". (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Manx | thanvanaghey, cur ard-yindys er (astound, flummox). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | amazeay zadziwiać. (various references) aturdir (astonish, astound, bewilder, confuse, daze, deafen, din, obfuscate, stun), atordoar (appal, daze, deafen, din, dismay, dizzy, hag, lay siege to, mope, puzzle, stagger, stun, stupefy), assombro (amazement, astonishment, daze, marvel, miracle, stupefaction, wonderment), assombrar (astonish, astound, bemuse, daze, haunt, petrify, stupefy, surprise), admirar (admire, admiring, flabbergast, look up to), surpreender (astonish, astound, catch, come upon, daze, get hold of, overtake, startle, surprise, surprising, take by surprise), pasmar (flabby, gazebo, mope, stupefy), maravilhar, estupefação (consternation, daze, stupefaction), estontear (befuddle, stun). (various references) ameţi (anaesthetise, anaesthetize, anesthetise, anesthetize, bewilder, dizzy, fluster, fuddle, get dizzy, intoxicate, stagger, stun, stupefy), ului (astonish, astound, bewilder, confuse, daze, dazzle, dumbfound, flabbergast, flurry, stun), uimi (astonish, bedazzle, dazzle, flabbergast, flummox, stagger, stupefy, surprise), mira (astound, surprise), epata (astound, dumbfound, flabbergast), buimãci (astonish, astound, bewilder, distract, dumbfound, flabbergast, flummox, horrify, stun, stupefy, surprise). (various references) изумлять (astonish, astound, bewilder, daze, flabbergast, stupefy). (various references) zgranuti (astonish), zadiviti (astonish), začuditi (astonish). (various references) asombrar (appal, appall, astonish, astound, flabbergast, flummox, knock back, stagger, surprise), pasmar (astonish, astound, blight, dumbfound, faint, flabbergast, freeze, horrify, knock back, knock out, stun, stupefy, tarnish). (various references) förvåna (astonish, be surprised, confound), förbluffa (bepuzzle, flabbergast, stupefy, take aback). (various references) afallatmak (astonish, astound, confuse, daze, flabbergast, floor, flummox, stump, stun, stupefy), hayrete düşürmek (astonish, give smb. a tumble, nonplus), hayret ettirmek (astonish, astound, bewilder, dumbfound, dumfound, flabbergast, gravel, mystify, surprise, wow), hayran bırakmak (charm, ecstasize, enthuse, entrance, fascinate), şaşırtmak (addle, astonish, astound, baffle, bamboozle, bedevil, befog, befuddle, bemuse, bewilder, bowl over, confound, confuse, daze, discompose, disconcert, discountenance, dislocate, disorient, disorientate, distract, embarrass, embrangle, flabbergast, floor, flummox, fuddle, give smb. a tumble, gravel, intrigue, jolt, knock back, mislead, moither, mystify, nonplus, obfuscate, perplex, put smb. out of countenance, puzzle, rattle, shock, startle, stick, stun, stupefy, surprise, take aback, wow). (various references) вражати (appal, appall, bemuse, concuss, daze, dazzle, impress, overwhelm, shine out, shock), здивування (amazement, astonishment, daze, marvel, perplex, quandary, surprise, wonder), подив (astonishment, daze, perplexity, puzzle, wonder, wonderment), дивувати (astonish, astound, bewilder, buffalo, daze, enamor, enamour, flabbergast, stupefy, surprise). (various references) aruthro, synnu (astonish, astound, be amazed, be surprised, marvel, surprise), rhyfeddu (marvel, wonder). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "amaze": amazed, amazedly, amazement, amazements, amazes. (additional references) | |
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"Amaze" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: aame, Aase, Aaz, Abaza, Abazi, acase, acaze, Adaza, adaze, afase, Agaza, Ajazi, akmadzic, Alazi, Almaza, amade, amae, amage, amaise, Amalek, amare, amas, amasa, amase, amask, amast, Amate, amaz, amaza, Amazer, amee, Amegee, amise, amose, amuze, anace, anae, Aname, anare, anase, anazi, anizi, anze, araze, Aumale, avanzo, avase, axmaze, Azazel, damozel, Gavazza, ijaza, Imaz, Kamazu, Kamuza, lamaze, lamazze, ma'ase, maeze, namaaz, namaste, Ormaza, Umlazi. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "amaze" (pronounced umā"z) |
| 3 | -m ā" z | dismays, Maes, maize, Mays, maze. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-a-e-m-z" | |
-1 letter: maze. | |
-2 letters: ama, mae. | |
-3 letters: aa, ae, am, em, ma, me. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-a-e-m-z" | |
+1 letter: amazed, amazes. | |
+2 letters: metazoa. | |
+3 letters: amazedly, azotemia, diazepam, kamikaze, magazine, mazaedia, metazoal, metazoan, nizamate, oxazepam. | |
+4 letters: amazement, amazonite, anatomize, animalize, aromatize, azotemias, diazepams, dramatize, kamikazes, magazines, mazaedium, metazoans, nizamates, oxazepams. | |
+5 letters: amazements, amazonites, anatomized, anatomizes, animalized, animalizes, aromatized, aromatizes, automatize, axiomatize, caramelize, dramatized, dramatizes, macadamize, mozzarella, traumatize. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro. | |
Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)41 6D 61 7A 65 |
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Morse Code (1836) (references).- -- .- --.. . |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01000001 01101101 01100001 01111010 01100101 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)A m a z e |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0041 006D 0061 007A 0065 |
| British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)3579679271 |
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