sudden
Occurring quickly with little or no warning or expectationOccurring quickly with little or no warning or expectation; instantly.
» There was a sudden change of plan.
Es gab eine plötzliche Planänderung.
План було раптово змінено.
Meaning
3 sensesOccurring quickly with little or no warning or expectation; instantly.
The sudden drop in temperature left everyone cold and confused.
plötzlich, jäh
неожи́данныйneožídannyj, внеза́пныйvnezápnyj
рапто́вийraptóvyj, несподі́ванийnespodívanyj, на́глийnáhlyj
(obsolete)Hastily prepared or employed; quick; rapid.
(obsolete)Hasty; violent; rash; precipitate.
- happening without warning or in a short space of time
Examples
380 sentencesThere was a sudden change of plan.
План було раптово змінено.
deEs gab eine plötzliche Planänderung.
All of a sudden, he proposed to me.
Несподівано він запропонував мені вийти за нього.
ruНежданно-негаданно он предложил мне выйти за него.
deEr machte mir plötzlich einen Antrag.
All of a sudden, my mother began to sing.
Моя мама раптом почала співати.
ruНи с того ни с сего моя мать запела.
Why is Tom being so nice to us all of a sudden?
Чому Том раптом став таким добрим по відношенню до нас?
His sudden death was a tragedy.
Його несподівана смерть була трагедією.
ruЕго внезапная смерть стала трагедией.
deSein plötzlicher Tod war eine Tragödie.
Translations
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Origin
From Middle English sodeyn, sodain, from Anglo-Norman sodein, from Old French sodain, subdFrom Middle English sodeyn, sodain, from Anglo-Norman sodein, from Old French sodain, subdain (“immediate, sudden”), from Vulgar Latin *subitānus (“sudden”), from Latin subitāneus (“sudden”), from subitus (“sudden", literally, "that which has come stealthily”), originally the past participle of subīre (“to come or go stealthily”), from sub (“under”) + īre (“go”). Doublet of subitaneous. Displaced native Old English fǣrlīċ.
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Forms
suddener, suddenestSynonyms
11 synonymsAntonyms
3 antonymsWord family
12 related wordsLessons for this word
2 lessons- A2Comparatives — Because it has a comparative form
- A2Superlatives — Because it has a superlative form
Collocations
9 patterns- of a sudden
- felt a sudden
- a sudden urge
- sudden urge to
- a sudden change
- sudden urge
- sudden change
- a sudden the
- was a sudden