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# fascinating

adjective; verb form (fascinate, fascinates, fascinated, fascinating)

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

## Everyday

1. Extremely interesting, so that you want to keep looking, listening or learning. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fascinating/#m1)
2. A fascinating person can also be charming and attractive, so that people enjoy being near them. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fascinating/#m2)

### 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 →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fascinating/#x1)
- Did you know octopuses have three hearts? Isn't that fascinating? [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fascinating/#x2)
- The museum had a fascinating dinosaur display. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fascinating/#x3)
- Mole found the river fascinating and could watch it for hours. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fascinating/#x4)
- Alice found the Caterpillar rude but fascinating. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fascinating/#x5)
- I read a fascinating book about space. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fascinating/#x6)
- It's fascinating to watch ants carry food. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fascinating/#x7)
- From surprise she soon passed to admiration, and then to delight on perceiving how handsome and fascinating he was. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fascinating/#x8)

### 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».

## On Mova

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