fascinating
part of speech
adjective; verb form (fascinate, fascinates, fascinated, fascinating)
meaning for a pupil
1) Extremely interesting, so that you want to keep looking, listening or learning. tree →
2) A fascinating person can also be charming and attractive, so that people enjoy being near them. tree →
sense in the lessons
A common word in school and everyday talk: «a fascinating fact», «a fascinating book». Teachers use it to make topics exciting; in stories it shows a character can't look away. The person feels «fascinated by» something.
examples
- Volcanoes are fascinating. tree →
- Did you know octopuses have three hearts? Isn't that fascinating? tree →
- The museum had a fascinating dinosaur display. tree →
- Mole found the river fascinating and could watch it for hours. tree →
- Alice found the Caterpillar rude but fascinating. tree →
- I read a fascinating book about space. tree →
- It's fascinating to watch ants carry food. tree →
- From surprise she soon passed to admiration, and then to delight on perceiving how handsome and fascinating he was. tree →
note
Adjective; the thing is «fascinating», the person is «fascinated». Noun: fascination. Spelling: fa-sc-inating, with «sc» (the c is silent). Stronger than «interesting».
Trees and pragmatics
Every meaning and example of «fascinating» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.