excitement

«excitement» in Mova's school dictionary: the strong happy feeling you have when you are looking… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

noun (excitement, uncountable; an excitement, excitements — rare)

meaning for a pupil

1) Excitement is the strong happy feeling you have when you are looking forward to something or when something fun or surprising is happening. tree →

2) Excitement also means activity that makes people feel like this, like the excitement of a fair. tree →

sense in the lessons

In feelings lessons, excitement is a big feeling that can make your heart beat fast, your tummy flutter and make it hard to sit still or sleep — a bit like being nervous. It is good to notice it and calm down when needed. In stories, excitement builds before a big event or adventure. Phrases: «full of excitement», «jump with excitement», «the excitement of», «in all the excitement» (and so something was forgotten).

examples

• The children were full of excitement before the school trip. tree →
• I couldn't sleep from excitement the night before my birthday. tree →
• The puppy wagged its tail with excitement. tree →
• In all the excitement, I forgot my bag. tree →
• There was a lot of excitement when it started to snow. tree →
• She squealed with excitement when she opened the present. tree →
• The excitement of the match made everyone cheer. tree →
• Excitement and nerves can feel almost the same. tree →
• Full of excitement, Barbaik started on her journey. tree →

note

Usually uncountable: «so much excitement», not «an excitement». Verb: «excite»; adjectives «excited» (how you feel) and «exciting» (what causes it): «I am excited; the trip is exciting».

In the corpora

• The open road! cries Toad: travel, change, excitement, a new place every day!
• The light and excitement of screens make it harder to fall asleep, so screens are put away about an hour before bed.
• The light and excitement of screens make it harder to fall asleep.
• Feelings like jealousy, boredom and excitement are normal.
• Many accidents happen when bored children look for excitement in risky places.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «excitement» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.