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# emote

«emote» in Mova's school dictionary: **To show feelings in a strong, often over-the-top way…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

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

### meaning for a pupil

1) To show feelings in a strong, often over-the-top way, especially when acting. [tree →](https://md.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://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/emote/#m2)

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

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «emote» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/emote/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.