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Verb: wonder  wún-du(r)
  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
Noun: wonder  wún-du(r)
  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, reply, respond, ruminate, speculate, state of mind, think over

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