# amazing

Pronunciation: say "uh-MAY-zing" /əˈmeɪzɪŋ/

## Adjective

1. Having uniquely wonderful qualities; very good. *(colloquial)*
   - Simple: Very good in a special way that people really love.
   - _She's an amazing cook who never bothers with a recipe._
   - _The band put on an amazing show from the first song to the last._
2. Astonishing enough to fill someone with wonder, or extremely surprising.
   - Simple: So surprising that it fills you with wonder.
   - _It was amazing how quickly the storm blew over._
   - _The magician's final trick was truly amazing to the whole audience._

## Verb

3. Present participle of amaze. — present participle and gerund of amaze
   - Simple: Present participle of amaze, used for an ongoing action in the past, present, or future.
   - _The young pianist is amazing audiences with performances far beyond her years._
   - _His swift recovery is amazing the doctors who first treated him._

## Origin

This word is formed from "amaze" plus the suffix "-ing," with "amaze" tracing back to the Old English word āmasian.

Source: DictionaryAI, https://dictionaryai.com/define/amazing (written from Wiktionary data, CC BY-SA 4.0: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/).