--- title: E — The school dictionary with trees and pragmatics · page 7 description: The 761 words of the school dictionary under E, every meaning for a pupil and every example with its dependency tree and pragmatics. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/page/7/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [dictionaries](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/) / [school dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/) / E # E — The school dictionary · page 7 [1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/) [2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/page/2/) [3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/page/3/) [4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/page/4/) [5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/page/5/) [6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/page/6/) **7** [8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/page/8/) - [excise](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/excise/) — Excise, or excise duty, is a tax that the government puts on certain goods made or sold in the country, such as petrol, alcohol and tobacco. — 8 sentences - [excitable](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/excitable/) — Excitable describes a person or animal that gets excited, nervous or upset very easily. — 8 sentences - [excite](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/excite/) — To excite someone is to make them feel very happy, eager and full of energy about something. — 11 sentences - [excited](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/excited/) — Excited means feeling very happy and full of energy because something good is happening or will happen. — 12 sentences - [excitedly](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/excitedly/) — In an excited way; full of eager, happy energy or strong feeling. — 9 sentences - [excitement](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/excitement/) — Excitement is the strong happy feeling you have when you are looking forward to something or when something fun or surprising is happening. — 11 sentences - [exciting](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/exciting/) — Exciting means making you feel very happy and eager, wanting to know what happens next. — 11 sentences - [exclaim](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/exclaim/) — To say or shout something suddenly and loudly because you feel surprise, joy, anger or pain. — 11 sentences - [exclamation](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/exclamation/) — An exclamation is a short, sudden word or phrase said loudly to show surprise, anger, pain, joy or another strong feeling, like «Wow!» or… — 10 sentences - [exclude](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/exclude/) — To keep someone or something out; not to let them join or take part. — 11 sentences - [exclusion](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/exclusion/) — Keeping someone or something out, or leaving them out: the exclusion of girls from the team. — 10 sentences - [exclusive](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/exclusive/) — Exclusive means only for one person or group, not shared with others. — 13 sentences - [exclusively](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/exclusively/) — Only; for one person, group or thing and nobody or nothing else. — 9 sentences - [excrement](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/excrement/) — Solid waste that comes out of the body of a person or animal; poo. — 7 sentences - [excrete](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/excrete/) — To get rid of waste from the body, such as poo, urine (wee), sweat or carbon dioxide. — 7 sentences - [excreting](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/excreting/) — Excreting is getting rid of waste from the body, such as urine (wee), faeces (poo) or sweat. — 8 sentences - [excretion](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/excretion/) — Excretion is how living things get rid of waste that their bodies have made, such as urine, sweat and carbon dioxide. — 8 sentences - [excruciating](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/excruciating/) — Extremely painful. — 8 sentences - [excruciatingly](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/excruciatingly/) — Extremely painfully. — 8 sentences - [excursion](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/excursion/) — An excursion is a short trip, often with a group, to visit a place for fun or to learn, and then come back. — 9 sentences - [excuse](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/excuse/) — An excuse is a reason you give to explain why you did something wrong or did not do something, often not the real reason. — 13 sentences - [execute](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/execute/) — To kill someone as a punishment ordered by a court or ruler. — 12 sentences - [executed](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/executed/) — Executed means carried out or done, as in «a perfectly executed plan» or «executed a jump». — 11 sentences - [executing](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/executing/) — Doing or carrying out a plan, order, task or movement. — 10 sentences - [execution](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/execution/) — An execution is the killing of a person as an official punishment for a crime, decided by a court or ruler. — 10 sentences - [executioner](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/executioner/) — A person whose job is to put a criminal to death, as a punishment ordered by a court. — 4 sentences - [executive](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/executive/) — An executive is a person with an important job in a company, who makes decisions and manages others. — 9 sentences - [executor](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/executor/) — An executor is the person named in a will to carry out what it says after the person who made it has died: sharing out money and things. — 8 sentences - [exemplary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/exemplary/) — Very good; so good that it is an example for others to copy: exemplary behaviour. — 8 sentences - [exemplify](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/exemplify/) — To be a typical example of something. — 10 sentences - [exempt](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/exempt/) — Free from a rule, duty or payment that others must follow. — 11 sentences - [exemption](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/exemption/) — An exemption is official permission not to do something that others must do. — 8 sentences - [exercise](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/exercise/) — Exercise is moving your body to keep fit and healthy, like running, swimming or playing sport. — 14 sentences - [exert](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/exert/) — To exert a force or pressure is to push, pull or press with it. — 12 sentences - [exertion](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/exertion/) — Hard physical or mental effort. — 9 sentences - [exhalation](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/exhalation/) — Breathing out: pushing air out of your lungs. — 8 sentences - [exhale](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/exhale/) — To breathe out. — 11 sentences - [exhaust](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/exhaust/) — To exhaust someone means to make them extremely tired. — 13 sentences - [exhausted](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/exhausted/) — Exhausted means extremely tired, with no energy left. — 9 sentences - [exhaustion](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/exhaustion/) — Exhaustion is the state of being extremely tired, with no energy left. — 10 sentences - [exhaustive](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/exhaustive/) — Something exhaustive is complete and thorough, covering every part or every possibility. — 8 sentences - [exhibit](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/exhibit/) — To exhibit means to show things publicly, especially in a museum or gallery: they exhibited our paintings. — 12 sentences - [exhibition](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/exhibition/) — A public show of things such as paintings, objects or animals, often in a museum or gallery. — 11 sentences - [exhilarating](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/exhilarating/) — Making you feel very happy, excited and full of energy. — 9 sentences - [exhortation](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/exhortation/) — An exhortation is a strong, serious request or speech that urges people to do something. — 8 sentences - [exhume](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/exhume/) — To dig up a body that has been buried, usually to examine it or move it. — 4 sentences - [exile](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/exile/) — Exile is being forced to live away from your own country, often as a punishment or for safety. — 12 sentences - [exist](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/exist/) — To be real; to be present in the world or in a place. — 10 sentences - [existence](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/existence/) — Being real or being alive; the fact that something exists. — 10 sentences - [existential](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/existential/) — Existential means to do with existence, especially the big questions about why we exist and what life means. — 9 sentences - [exit](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/exit/) — A door or way out of a building, room, vehicle or motorway. — 11 sentences - [exodus](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/exodus/) — Exodus is the second book of the Bible, telling how Moses led the Israelites out of slavery in Egypt, through the Red Sea, to Mount Sinai… — 9 sentences - [exonerated](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/exonerated/) — If someone is exonerated, they are officially shown or declared not guilty of something they were blamed or accused of. — 8 sentences - [exoplanet](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/exoplanet/) — An exoplanet is a planet that goes around a star other than our Sun. — 7 sentences - [exoskeleton](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/exoskeleton/) — An exoskeleton is a hard outer covering that supports and protects the body of animals such as insects, spiders, crabs and lobsters, inste… — 8 sentences - [exotic](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/exotic/) — Exotic means coming from or belonging to a faraway country, especially a hot one, and seeming unusual and exciting. — 9 sentences - [expand](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/expand/) — To expand is to become bigger, or to make something bigger. — 13 sentences - [expanse](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/expanse/) — An expanse is a very wide, open area of land, sea, sky or something else. — 9 sentences - [expansion](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/expansion/) — Getting bigger in size, amount or space. — 11 sentences - [expect](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/expect/) — To think or believe that something will happen. — 16 sentences - [expectancy](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/expectancy/) — Expectancy is the feeling that something exciting or important is about to happen. — 9 sentences - [expectation](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/expectation/) — An expectation is a belief that something will happen. — 10 sentences - [expecting](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/expecting/) — pregnant, going to have a baby. — 13 sentences - [expectoration](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/expectoration/) — Expectoration is coughing up and spitting out mucus (phlegm) from the chest and throat. — 8 sentences - [expedient](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/expedient/) — Useful and suitable for getting a result quickly, even if it is not the best or fairest way. — 5 sentences - [expedite](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/expedite/) — To make something happen faster; to speed up a process. — 7 sentences - [expedition](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/expedition/) — An expedition is a long, organised journey to a far place, especially to explore, study or climb. — 12 sentences - [expeditious](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/expeditious/) — Quick and efficient; done fast and without wasting time. — 7 sentences - [expel](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/expel/) — To expel a pupil is to make them leave a school for good because they behaved very badly. — 13 sentences - [expelling](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/expelling/) — Expelling someone is officially making them leave a school, club or country because of bad behaviour. — 8 sentences - [expend](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/expend/) — To use or spend energy, time, effort or money. — 9 sentences - [expenditure](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/expenditure/) — The total amount of money spent. — 9 sentences - [expense](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/expense/) — Expense is the amount of money something costs. — 12 sentences - [expensive](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/expensive/) — Expensive means costing a lot of money. — 9 sentences - [experience](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/experience/) — Experience is knowledge or skill you get by doing or seeing things over time. — 11 sentences - [experiment](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/experiment/) — A test done carefully to find out something, check an idea, or see what happens. — 11 sentences - [experimental](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/experimental/) — Experimental means to do with experiments, tests done to find something out («experimental results»). — 10 sentences - [experimentation](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/experimentation/) — Experimentation is the process of trying out experiments to test ideas and find things out. — 8 sentences - [experimenter](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/experimenter/) — A person who does experiments, especially in science. — 8 sentences - [expert](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/expert/) — A person who knows a lot about a subject or is very skilled at something. — 10 sentences - [expertise](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/expertise/) — Special skill or knowledge in a subject that comes from study, training or experience, as in «medical expertise». — 7 sentences - [expiate](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/expiate/) — To make up for a wrong or sin by suffering or doing something good, so that the guilt is removed. — 4 sentences - [expire](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/expire/) — When something expires, it stops being valid or usable after a certain time, like a ticket, card or password. — 12 sentences - [expired](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/expired/) — died. — 13 sentences - [expiry](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/expiry/) — Expiry is the end of the time when something can be used or is valid, such as a ticket, card or passport. — 8 sentences - [explain](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/explain/) — To make something clear or easy to understand by describing it. — 11 sentences - [explanation](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/explanation/) — An explanation is what you say or write to make something clear and easy to understand: an explanation of how plants grow. — 10 sentences - [expletive](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/expletive/) — An expletive is a swear word or rude exclamation, said when angry, hurt or surprised. — 8 sentences - [explicit](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/explicit/) — Said clearly and fully, so nobody can be confused, as in «explicit instructions». — 8 sentences - [explicitly](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/explicitly/) — In a clear and direct way, saying exactly what you mean so there is no doubt, as in «She explicitly told us not to touch it». — 8 sentences - [explode](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/explode/) — To explode means to burst apart with a loud bang and great force. — 13 sentences - [exploit](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/exploit/) — To use someone unfairly for your own gain, like paying workers too little or tricking children. — 12 sentences - [exploitation](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/exploitation/) — Treating people unfairly to get something from them, for example making them work hard for very little pay. — 9 sentences - [exploited](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/exploited/) — Treated unfairly by someone who uses you for their own gain, for example made to work hard for very little pay. — 10 sentences - [exploration](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/exploration/) — Exploration is travelling to and looking around a place to find out what is there, especially a place nobody knows well. — 9 sentences - [explore](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/explore/) — To travel around a place you do not know, to find out what it is like. — 12 sentences - [explorer](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/explorer/) — An explorer is a person who travels to unknown or little-known places to find out about them. — 11 sentences - [explosion](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/explosion/) — A sudden loud bursting of something with great force, heat and noise, as when a bomb or gas goes off. — 9 sentences - [explosive](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/explosive/) — An explosive is a substance or device that can blow up, such as dynamite or a bomb. — 12 sentences - [explosively](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/explosively/) — In a sudden, loud and violent way, like an explosion, as in «The balloon burst explosively». — 9 sentences [1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/) [2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/page/2/) [3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/page/3/) [4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/page/4/) [5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/page/5/) [6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/page/6/) **7** [8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/page/8/)