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1. Have a wish or desire to know something
   "He wondered who had built this beautiful church"
   - inquire, enquire [Brit, Cdn]
    
2. Place in doubt or express doubtful speculation
   "I wonder whether this was the right thing to do"; "she wondered whether it would snow tonight"
   - question
    
3. Be amazed at
   - marvel

1. The feeling aroused by something strange and surprising
   - wonderment, admiration
    
2. Something that causes feelings of wonder
   "the wonders of modern science"
   - marvel
    
3. A state in which you want to learn more about something
   - curiosity

Derived forms: wondering, wonders, wondered

See also: wonderer, wondrous

Type of: amazement, astonishment, chew over, cognitive state, contemplate, excogitate, happening, meditate, mull, mull over, muse, natural event, occurrence, occurrent, ponder, query, question, react, reflect, respond, ruminate, speculate, state of mind, think over

Encyclopedia: Wonder Wonder, Nevada Wonder, Stevie