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# emotion

noun (an emotion, emotions)

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

## Everyday

1. An emotion is a strong feeling such as happiness, sadness, fear, anger, love or surprise. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/emotion/#m1)
2. Emotion is strong feeling in general, as when someone speaks «with emotion». [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/emotion/#m2)

### In the lessons

In PSHE lessons pupils name emotions, learn that all emotions are normal and learn safe ways to manage anger or worry; «emotional literacy» means understanding feelings. In stories, a character's emotions show in faces, voices and actions. Phrases: «show emotion», «mixed emotions», «hide your emotions», «full of emotion».

### Examples

- Fear is a powerful emotion. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/emotion/#x1)
- It's okay to show your emotions. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/emotion/#x2)
- She felt mixed emotions: happy to move, sad to leave her friends. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/emotion/#x3)
- His voice shook with emotion as he read the poem. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/emotion/#x4)
- We drew faces to show different emotions. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/emotion/#x5)
- Animals like dogs show emotions too. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/emotion/#x6)
- Writers use actions to show a character's emotions. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/emotion/#x7)
- But when at length her talisman was discovered in one of the jars her emotion was so great that she fainted away. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/emotion/#x8)

### Note

Countable for one feeling (an emotion, emotions); uncountable for feeling in general (with emotion). Adjective «emotional», adverb «emotionally». Trap: feelings are not bad or good in themselves; what we do with them matters.

## On Mova

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