vibe

«vibe» in Mova's school dictionary: the feeling or mood a place, person or thing gives you — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 1 sentence of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

noun (a vibe, vibes) (informal); verb (vibe, vibes, vibed, vibing) (slang)

meaning for a pupil

1) (informal) A vibe is the feeling or mood a place, person or thing gives you. tree →

2) (slang) To vibe means to relax and enjoy yourself, often to music. tree →

3) (slang) To vibe with someone means to get on well with them. tree →

4) «Vibes» is short for vibraphone, a musical instrument (rare). tree →

sense in the lessons

Common in young people's talk: «good vibes», «bad vibes», «the vibe in here is cosy», «just vibing». In stories, a character «gets a weird vibe» when something feels wrong — it can be a warning feeling.

examples

• This café has a really chill vibe. tree →
• I got bad vibes from that dark alley. tree →
• We're just vibing to music in my room. tree →
• Good vibes only! tree →
• I really vibe with my new classmate. tree →
• The party had a happy vibe. tree →

note

Informal/slang — fine with friends, not in formal writing. Short for «vibration». A «vibe check» means checking how someone feels.

In the corpora

• To "vibe" in Gen Z and Gen Alpha slang means to go with the feeling, without a plan.

Trees and pragmatics

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