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# emote

verb (emote, emotes, emoted, emoting); noun (an emote, emotes — gaming)

«emote» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. To show feelings in a strong, often over-the-top way, especially when acting. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/emote/#m1)
2. (gaming, slang) An «emote» is an animation or small picture that a character in a video game does to show a feeling, like a dance or a wave. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/emote/#m2)

### In the lessons

In drama, an actor who emotes too much is overacting. In children's online life, emotes are dances and gestures in games or symbols in chat. Phrases: «emote on stage», «buy an emote», «use an emote».

### Examples

- The actor emoted wildly, waving his arms about. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/emote/#x1)
- In drama class we practised how to emote without shouting. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/emote/#x2)
- She did a victory dance emote after winning the game. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/emote/#x3)
- He spent his pocket money on a new emote. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/emote/#x4)
- The singer emoted every word of the sad song. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/emote/#x5)
- Chat filled with laughing emotes. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/emote/#x6)

### Note

Regular verb, often a bit mocking: it suggests too much feeling. The gaming noun is newer slang. Related: emotion, emoji (not the same thing as an emote, though similar).

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «emote» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/emote/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«emote» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/emote.html) on Mova free.