marvelled (verb)

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• marvel — verb (marvels, marvelling, marvelled; US marvels, marveling, marveled) (often marvel at) be filled with wonder or astonishment. noun a wonderful or astonishing person or thing. Derivatives marveller noun …   English new terms dictionary

• marvel — 1 verb marvelled, marvelling BrE marveled, marveling AmE (I, T) to feel great surprise or admiration for something, especially someone s behaviour (+ at): I marvelled at my mother s ability to remain calm in a crisis. | marvel that: I marvelled… …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

• marvel — I UK [ˈmɑː(r)v(ə)l] / US [ˈmɑrv(ə)l] verb [intransitive/transitive] Word forms marvel : present tense I/you/we/they marvel he/she/it marvels present participle marvelling past tense marvelled past participle marvelled to show or feel surprise or… …   English dictionary

• marvel — [[t]mɑ͟ː(r)v(ə)l[/t]] marvels, marvelling, marvelled (in AM, use marveling, marveled) 1) VERB If you marvel at something, you express your great surprise, wonder, or admiration. [V at n] Her fellow members marveled at her seemingly infinite… …   English dictionary

• marvel — I. noun Etymology: Middle English mervel, from Anglo French merveille, from Late Latin mirabilia marvels, from Latin, neuter plural of mirabilis wonderful, from mirari to wonder Date: 14th century 1. one that causes wonder or astonishment < her… …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• marvel — /ˈmavəl / (say mahvuhl) noun 1. a wonderful thing; a wonder or prodigy; something that arouses wonder or admiration. 2. Obsolete the feeling of wonder. –verb (marvelled or, US, marveled, marvelling or, US, marveling) – …  

• marvel — 1. verb she marvelled at their courage Syn: be amazed, be astonished, be in awe, wonder; informal be gobsmacked 2. noun a marvel of technology Syn: wonder, miracle, sensation, spectacle, phenomenon …   Synonyms and antonyms dictionary

• doubling of final consonants in inflection — The table below explains the differing practice in English shown by the forms hotter, enrolled, offered, targeted, in which the root word (hot, enrol, offer, target) ends in a single consonant. Practice can also differ with the same word in BrE… …   Modern English usage

• marvel — The verb has inflected forms marvelled, marvelling in BrE, and usually marveled, marveling in AmE …   Modern English usage

• marvel — ► VERB (marvelled, marvelling; US marveled, marveling) ▪ be filled with wonder. ► NOUN ▪ a person or thing that causes a feeling of wonder. ORIGIN Old French merveille, from Latin mirabilis wonderful , from mirari wonder at …   English terms dictionary

• mar|vel — «MAHR vuhl», noun, verb, veled, vel|ing or (especially British) velled, vel|ling. –n. 1. something wonderful; astonishing thing; a wonder: »The airplane and television are among the marvels of science. The book is a marvel of accuracy. 2 …   Useful english dictionary