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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
sudden
adjective
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
a quick/sudden movement
▪ Don't make any quick movements that might scare the dog.
a sudden absence
▪ It wasn't easy to deal with Hugh's sudden absence.
a sudden dash
▪ He made a sudden dash for the door.
a sudden explosion
▪ Henry thought she was going to laugh, but then there was a sudden explosion of sobbing.
a sudden halt
▪ My happiness was brought to a sudden halt by the death of my father.
a sudden impulse
▪ She felt a sudden impulse to play some music.
a sudden inspiration
▪ He had a sudden inspiration.
a sudden move
▪ She made a sudden move towards me from the doorway.
a sudden shift
▪ She immediately picked up his sudden shifts of mood.
a sudden silence
▪ At the mention of John, a sudden silence fell on the room.
a sudden thought
▪ A sudden thought struck her and she began to laugh.
a sudden urge
▪ She fought back the sudden urge to beg his forgiveness.
a sudden/abrupt end (=sudden and unexpected)
▪ After the news leaked out, his political career came to a sudden end.
a sudden/unexpected/unforeseen emergency (=a situation that was not planned)
▪ I left half an hour early in case of traffic jams or some other unforeseen emergency.
die a sudden/violent/slow etc death
▪ At the end of the play, the main character dies a violent death.
dramatic/sudden/complete reversal
▪ a dramatic reversal in population decline
had a sudden brainstorm
▪ Kirby had a sudden brainstorm.
sudden death
▪ Her sudden death shocked the world.
sudden death
▪ a sudden death play-off
Sudden Infant Death Syndrome
sudden panic
▪ Florrie exclaimed in sudden panic: ‘I’ve left my bag on the bus!’
sudden
▪ Consult the doctor if there is a very sudden onset of fever.
sudden/abrupt (=done suddenly, without being planned)
▪ I didn't know how I was going to explain his abrupt departure to the others.
▪ Their departure seemed rather sudden.
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADVERB
so
▪ It was so brutal, so sudden.
▪ The impact was so sudden and so fierce, it knocked me out cold.
▪ It was so sudden and so fierce that she could not deny it.
▪ The whole thing came on me so sudden and I was so sleepy.
▪ A movement caught his eye and it was so sudden that he drew back a few inches.
▪ After all those years, it was hard to believe it, especially coming so sudden.
▪ The change had been so sudden.
▪ Then all at once he looked up, with a stare so sudden and urgent it was like a shout.
■ NOUN
appearance
▪ The sudden appearance of record company A &038; R men induces paranoia for any band.
▪ Clearly the later volumes show these talents in more skilfully written poems, but their sudden appearance here demands comment.
▪ Because a squint may be due to serious disease, its sudden appearance should always be taken seriously.
▪ The sudden appearance of her bare back made him cough.
▪ Maybe it was Mr McCrindle's sudden appearance that caused Tam to lose his footing.
▪ Was there a sudden appearance of a new species, or were there cases of gradual succession?
▪ The fish were momentarily startled at my sudden appearance, but after a while they ignored me.
burst
▪ The rain pelted down in sudden bursts, but the downpours did not amount to much.
▪ In a single song, he can employ sudden bursts of falsetto or a teasing growl.
▪ She could of course, she thought with that sudden burst of adolescent enthusiasm, not live.
▪ Why the sudden burst of vision?
▪ She saw him crumple them up in a sudden burst of impatience, and fling them across the parade.
▪ I wish I could say that I wrote steadily at the story of my life after that sudden burst of inspiration.
▪ Sounds like a sudden burst of co-operation between the world's tractor makers?
▪ There was a sudden burst of laughing and giggling on the other end.
change
▪ It is a curious paradox that evolution and gradual change were linked with revolution and sudden change.
▪ Farris was angry about the sudden change in crews.
▪ Why the sudden change of heart?
▪ Saigon had always gone through sudden changes of mood, and this was simply one of those changes.
▪ Yet the peripheral zone is hypersensitive to sudden change.
▪ But a sudden change came over the spirit of his dreams.
▪ What happens if those two goons have a sudden change of heart and decide not to let us go?
▪ Gradual changes are much less traumatic than sudden changes.
death
▪ My brother's sudden death has left me with a legacy of anxiety about loved ones that is perhaps excessive.
▪ It is the most intimate item of all, a disturbing look at the rude horror of sudden death.
▪ It had shocked him, too, when he heard of Adolph Brückner's sudden death.
▪ He is invoked against sudden death.
▪ One of the hazards of the sudden death of infants was that they might be carried off before they had been baptised.
▪ Some reports have suggested a relationship between programmed diets and sudden death, probably due to irregularities of the heart.
▪ In fact, intervention of another kind took place on 27 January 1947, with the sudden death of Vivien Eliot.
▪ Ashburn likely autographed only a handful of the cards before his sudden death, so even dealers are scrambling to find thems.
departure
▪ Mr Kabila's sudden departure leaves huge uncertainty.
▪ There was no official explanation for Mr Lane's sudden departure, which was announced in a terse two-line statement.
▪ My dear Adam, Over the years, you will have heard many explanations for my sudden departure from the regiment.
▪ She left, and it took her partner a year to build the forward momentum she had disrupted by her sudden departure.
▪ After Jenny's sudden departure, Eloise had felt betrayed, abandoned and completely lonely.
▪ Julie Worden and Charlton Boyd meet in a skittish duet, marked by sudden departures, near misses and unexpected evasive leaps.
▪ Eastman Kodak's shares plunged 10% following the sudden departure of its new chief financial officer.
increase
▪ It can detect sudden increases in water consumption, such as leaks.
▪ Maple trees are sensitive to sudden increases in sunlight, having grown up in the dimmed ambience of sheltering neighbor trees.
▪ The wingers provide a sudden increase in width to encourage early planing, good jumping, and tight or long turns.
▪ The sudden increase in energy costs and the resulting recession caused a 10% fall in energy demand between 1973 and 1975.
▪ The sudden increase in unemployment after 1930 gave it further importance.
▪ Campaigners say the sudden increase in Martin's bill is not unusual.
▪ Any sudden increase in the number of a particular pest, however, need immediate action.
infant
▪ The risk factors for sudden infant death syndrome within groups were remarkably similar.
▪ Bristol is at the forefront of the fight against a number of childhood conditions, including cancer and sudden infant death.
▪ Some may protect against sudden infant deaths; others may add to risk.
▪ During the fieldwork period, sudden infant deaths received enormous publicity in the national media.
▪ Risk factors for sudden infant death syndrome were calculated separately for Maori and non-Maori children.
▪ This, of course, assumes that these variables are causally related to sudden infant death syndrome and are independent.
▪ None of the families interviewed had experienced a sudden infant death.
loss
▪ Here it probably happened by sailing into the steep wave resulting in a sudden loss of speed.
▪ Atonic seizures are characterized by a sudden loss of postural muscle tone.
▪ She was not even near to getting over the shock of the sudden loss.
▪ The second distribution was for hold-harmless grants to protect users of the categorical grants from a sudden loss of this money.
▪ The socialists, not relishing the sudden loss of their patronage, are much identified with the regular street demos.
▪ Then the public would not face a sudden loss of television service.
▪ There is a smooth process of convergence to full knowledge, unlike the sudden loss of reputation observed in many reputational models.
▪ Could we have possibly caught the leader, leaving the shoal bewildered and with sudden loss of appetite?
movement
▪ These sudden movements quake the Earth.
▪ Any sudden movement and you have sticky syrup all over the place, including the steering wheel.
▪ He didn't spare Schmidt a glance; his eyes held Culley's, waiting for the glint that betrays sudden movement.
▪ We are all startled by this sudden movement.
▪ That sudden movement, slight as it was, jerked away the stone which Chignell had placed behind one of the wheels.
▪ But there was a sudden movement behind her.
▪ Don't jump from grooming the back of the pony to the front, i.e. making sudden movements.
▪ Flat-footed water lilies balance at the far end, quivering at a sudden movement, a bird diving.
reversal
▪ The overall effect of these dynastic upsets and sudden reversal of political alignment was disastrous from Rome's viewpoint.
▪ Until the sudden reversal, the Nasdaq had been falling steadily and more than 200 stocks had hit new lows.
▪ Reagan, astonished by this sudden reversal, said, Absolutely not.
rise
▪ The sudden rise in graduate unemployment is unparalleled in the post-war period.
▪ The relatively sudden rise of xenophobic parties, or of the xenophobic issue in politics, is largely due to this.
▪ The subsidiary threat of a sudden rise in coal prices also made little sense in 1989.
▪ As recent history has shown, a sudden rise in orders does not necessarily herald an immediate and sharp rise in output.
rush
▪ His sudden rush of Anglican devotion remained unexplained and incomprehensible.
▪ Why the sudden rush of interest?
▪ At sunset, darkness enveloped the hunting camp in a sudden rush.
▪ Her grey and white striped silk blouse was clinging damply against her skin in the sudden rush of heat.
▪ Even in the sudden rush from the Store the nomes had been able to bring quite a lot of stuff.
▪ Certainly the change in legislation is unlikely to provoke a sudden rush of hitherto tied farm workers from the industry.
▪ The sudden rush of cooler air as the door was thrust open took her completely by surprise.
▪ Instead his handshake was firm but controlled - like everything else about him, she thought with a sudden rush of insight.
shock
▪ She smiles at me and I feel a sudden shock, a tremor of fear.
▪ The model is used to forecast economic growth and to estimate the potential effects of sudden shocks like a stock crash.
▪ Huy looked at the over-long face, the ridiculous beard, and realised with a sudden shock that the man was scared.
▪ The sudden shock and noise of whirring wings broke the stillness and left our pulses racing.
▪ He felt her sudden shock of fear and for a moment, almost involuntarily, his hands strengthened on her shoulders.
▪ Old lady, thought Winnie, with sudden shock!
▪ Donna too felt her heart thumping; the sudden shock made her tremble.
▪ Every change of scene, every sudden shock, had threatened to plunge Elaine back into catatonic silence.
silence
▪ At the mention of Hilary Frome a sudden silence fell over the room.
▪ The Poole family, grouped rather self-consciously round the birthday cake on Earth, lapsed into a sudden silence.
▪ Such a traveller may sleep soundly and awaken refreshed - that is, unless the train stops and the sudden silence wakes him.
▪ In the sudden silence Isabel thought she could almost hear the life of the garden, preparing for its spring blossoming.
▪ In the sudden silence that followed, she realized that something was wrong.
▪ All at once he was disturbed by a sudden silence.
▪ But when war came the persistent pedal-point of coalitionism sounded all the louder for the sudden silence of the party truce.
surge
▪ But I was faithful - so why the sudden surge of guilt?
▪ National industry status is used to protect local producers from a sudden surge of imports.
▪ She felt a sudden surge of anger.
▪ Outside, though, as he loaded it into the car, he was surprised to feel a sudden surge of confidence.
▪ Suppose there was a sudden surge in demand for cash from the general public.
▪ A sudden surge in the pound, for example, could seriously unhinge the process.
▪ Therese, sitting at Willi's right, felt a sudden surge of pure, undiluted happiness wash over her.
▪ And felt a sudden surge of unwilling pity.
thought
▪ Suddenly unease rose inside her and she faltered as a sudden thought struck her.
▪ A sudden thought occurred to her, and she sat up straight in bed.
▪ A sudden thought struck her and she began to laugh.
▪ Then a sudden thought flashed through his mind.
▪ I had a sudden thought, when you mentioned the timing.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
▪ Depression is sometimes brought on by a sudden change in your life.
▪ Don't make any sudden moves around the animals.
▪ I felt a sudden sharp pain in my stomach.
▪ Rebecca's decision to leave was very sudden.
▪ There's been a sudden change of plans.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
▪ A sudden boom followed in its wake, a new parachute flare splitting the night sky - a red target flare.
▪ All of a sudden I know two things: why they were on the same brain cell, and how psychiatry works.
▪ However, this kind of relatively sudden decline in levels of satisfaction is not necessarily permanent.
▪ It can even be converted into sudden laughter, when one realizes how absurd the pretence is.
▪ It was as she turned to swim back that she felt the sudden grip of a pain across her back.
▪ The development is as sudden as it is dramatic.
▪ Then came the sudden peso devaluation that December, and Jimenez pulled out $ 70 million more.
▪ Why the sudden shift in sentiment?
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The Collaborative International Dictionary
Sudden

Sudden \Sud"den\, adv. Suddenly; unexpectedly. [R.]

Herbs of every leaf that sudden flowered.
--Milton.

Sudden

Sudden \Sud"den\, n. An unexpected occurrence; a surprise.

All of a sudden, On a sudden, Of a sudden, sooner than was expected; without the usual preparation; suddenly.

How art thou lost! how on a sudden lost!
--Milton.

He withdrew his opposition all of a sudden.
--Thackeray.

Sudden

Sudden \Sud"den\, a. [OE. sodian, sodein, OF. sodain, sudain, F. soudain, L. subitaneus, fr. subitus sudden, that has come unexpectedly, p. p. of subire to come on, to steal upon; sub under, secretly + ire to go. See Issue, and cf. Subitaneous.]

  1. Happening without previous notice or with very brief notice; coming unexpectedly, or without the common preparation; immediate; instant; speedy. ``O sudden wo!''
    --Chaucer. ``For fear of sudden death.''
    --Shak.

    Sudden fear troubleth thee.
    --Job xxii. 10.

  2. Hastly prepared or employed; quick; rapid.

    Never was such a sudden scholar made.
    --Shak.

    The apples of Asphaltis, appearing goodly to the sudden eye.
    --Milton.

  3. Hasty; violent; rash; precipitate. [Obs.]
    --Shak.

    Syn: Unexpected; unusual; abrupt; unlooked-for. [1913 Webster] -- Sud"den*ly, adv. -- Sud"den*ness, n.

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Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
sudden

early 14c., sodaine, from Anglo-French sodein or directly from Old French sodain, subdain "immediate, sudden" (Modern French soudain), from Vulgar Latin *subitanus, variant of Latin subitaneus "sudden," from subitus past participle of subire "go under; occur secretly, come or go up stealthily," from sub "up to" (see sub-) + ire "come, go" (see ion). "The present spelling was not finally established till after 1700" [OED].\n

\nNoun meaning "that which us sudden, a sudden need or emergency" is from 1550s, obsolete except in phrase all of a sudden first attested 1680s, also of a sudayn (1590s), upon the soden (1550s). Sudden death, tie-breakers in sports, first recorded 1927; earlier in reference to coin tosses (1834). Related: Suddenness.

Wiktionary
sudden

a. Happening quickly and with little or no warning. adv. (context poetic English) suddenly. n. (context obsolete English) An unexpected occurrence; a surprise.

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WordNet
sudden

adj. happening without warning or in a short space of time; "a sudden storm"; "a sudden decision"; "a sudden cure" [ant: gradual]

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Wikipedia
Sudden

James Green aka Sudden is a fictional character created by an English author Oliver Strange in the early 1930s as the hero of a series, originally published by George Newnes Books Ltd, set in the American Wild West era. Oliver Strange died in 1952, and the series was revived by Frederick H. Christian in the 1960s. Christian classified the books as "Piccadilly westerns",1 that is books written by English authors, simply drawing on the conventions the genre, with no first hand experience of America. The Sudden books are among the earliest and best-loved of the type. Sudden is portrayed as an intrepid and accurate gunfighter in search of two men who cheated his foster father. James Green earns the nickname "Sudden" because of his lightning speed with a gun. Sudden is portrayed as a stereotypical gunfighter: an intelligent and resourceful drifting cowboy who is respectful of the law, unwilling to use a gun unless absolutely necessary, humanitarian, brave, strong, and fair. The first book was published in 1930 and was followed by 10 more until the 1940s and featured vivid descriptions of the western American landscape, rare in an author at that time. The series became popular for its exciting narrations combining elements of mystery, suspense, and action, with engaging characters, in a Wild West setting of dusty towns, ranches, and saloons.

Sudden (TV series)

Sudden is a Mediacorp Channel 8 law drama that will broadcast from 2 September 2013 to 27 September 2013 and consist of 20 episodes. The main casts are Rui En, Romeo Tan, Rebecca Lim and Zhang Zhen Huan.

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Usage examples of "sudden".

It seems likely that Raeder took this step largely because he wanted to anticipate any sudden aberration of his unpredictable Leader.

Finally, he points out the practical bearing of the subject--for example, the probability of calculus causing sudden suppression of urine in such cases--and also the danger of surgical interference, and suggests the possibility of diagnosing the condition by ascertaining the absence of the opening of one ureter in the bladder by means of the cystoscope, and also the likelihood of its occurring where any abnormality of the genital organs is found, especially if this be unilateral.

In the sudden brightness he saw Abraxas, first screaming in terror as the ocean rushed toward him, then pitching with the force of the water.

When he had turned on one of the impudent young bucks with a sudden snarl, Acer had laughed at him for his inability to take a joke.

Of a sudden, he ached to consummate this marriage with his wedded wife.

David and Deborah his manner remained always the same, jestingly ironic, scornfully loquacious, lovingly friendly of a sudden, then for a day, two days, a week utterly silent, while his eyes roved, his ears were acock listening for a step.

I guessed that my sudden and completely unexpected attack would have permanently acounted for two or three of the seamen, and may have wounded one or two others.

To prevent, therefore, any such suspicions, so prejudicial to the credit of an historian, who professes to draw his materials from nature only, we shall now proceed to acquaint the reader who these people were, whose sudden appearance had struck such terrors into Partridge, had more than half frightened the postboy, and had a little surprized even Mr.

It was with a sudden shock that the boy realized he was adrift in space.

You may trace a common motive and force in the pyramid-builders of the earliest recorded antiquity, in the evolution of Greek architecture, and in the sudden springing up of those wondrous cathedrals of the twelfth and following centuries, growing out of the soil with stem and bud and blossom, like flowers of stone whose seeds might well have been the flaming aerolites cast over the battlements of heaven.

One of those sudden storms of summer had blown up from the sea, and Peggy knew enough of Long Island weather to know that these disturbances were usually accompanied by terrific winds--squalls and gusts that no aeroplane yet built or thought of could hope to cope with.

A sudden, agonizing fiery ball of pain shot through him, choking his words, making him stagger slightly.

Overwhelmed by a sudden, inexplicable fury, he caught Alec by the wrist and shoved him roughly away.

Feeling a good deal less confident all of a sudden, Alec unbuckled his sword and started up the garden wall.

He stepped closer and caught her shoulders in a sudden move that Alienor had not anticipated.