excite
part of speech
verb (excite, excites, excited, exciting)
meaning for a pupil
1) To excite someone is to make them feel very happy, eager and full of energy about something. tree →
2) To excite can mean to make someone nervous, upset or stirred up. tree →
3) In science, to excite something is to give it energy so it moves or reacts more. tree →
4) To excite a feeling, such as pity, is to make people feel it. tree →
sense in the lessons
In stories, events excite characters before a trip or party. In everyday life, new things excite children. Phrases: «excite interest», «don't excite the dog». Most common in its forms «excited» and «exciting».
examples
- The news of the school trip excited everyone. tree →
- Don't excite the dog just before bedtime. tree →
- The idea of snow excites my little sister. tree →
- The magic show excited the crowd. tree →
- Heat excites the tiny particles so they move faster. tree →
- Nothing seems to excite him these days. tree →
- My broken limb should excite your pity. tree →
note
Forms: «excited» (how you feel: «I am excited») and «exciting» (what makes you feel it: «The trip is exciting»). Trap: «I am exciting» means you make other people excited. Noun: «excitement». Not a number word.
Trees and pragmatics
Every meaning and example of «excite» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.