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WordBand 5.5–6.5Core (NGSL)
sudden
/ˈsʌdən/
noun1 of 2
happening or done quickly or unexpectedly
- “All of a sudden she stops and looks around her.”Tatoeba
- “He never explained why he disappeared all of a sudden.”Tatoeba
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adjective2 of 2
Happening quickly and with little or no warning.
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Source: New General Service List (Browne, Culligan & Phillips) (CC BY-SA 4.0); Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0); Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR)