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# excite

verb (excite, excites, excited, exciting)

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

## Everyday

1. To excite someone is to make them feel very happy, eager and full of energy about something. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/excite/#m1)
2. To excite can mean to make someone nervous, upset or stirred up. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/excite/#m2)
3. In science, to excite something is to give it energy so it moves or reacts more. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/excite/#m3)
4. To excite a feeling, such as pity, is to make people feel it. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/excite/#m4)

### In the lessons

In stories, events excite characters before a trip or party. In everyday life, new things excite children. Phrases: «excite interest», «don't excite the dog». Most common in its forms «excited» and «exciting».

### Examples

- The news of the school trip excited everyone. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/excite/#x1)
- Don't excite the dog just before bedtime. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/excite/#x2)
- The idea of snow excites my little sister. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/excite/#x3)
- The magic show excited the crowd. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/excite/#x4)
- Heat excites the tiny particles so they move faster. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/excite/#x5)
- Nothing seems to excite him these days. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/excite/#x6)
- My broken limb should excite your pity. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/excite/#x7)

### Note

Forms: «excited» (how you feel: «I am excited») and «exciting» (what makes you feel it: «The trip is exciting»). Trap: «I am exciting» means you make other people excited. Noun: «excitement». Not a number word.

## On Mova

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