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# excitement

«excitement» in Mova's school dictionary: **the strong happy feeling you have when you are looking…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

noun (excitement, uncountable; an excitement, excitements — rare)

### meaning for a pupil

1) Excitement is the strong happy feeling you have when you are looking forward to something or when something fun or surprising is happening. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/excitement/#m1)

2) Excitement also means activity that makes people feel like this, like the excitement of a fair. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/excitement/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

In feelings lessons, excitement is a big feeling that can make your heart beat fast, your tummy flutter and make it hard to sit still or sleep — a bit like being nervous. It is good to notice it and calm down when needed. In stories, excitement builds before a big event or adventure. Phrases: «full of excitement», «jump with excitement», «the excitement of», «in all the excitement» (and so something was forgotten).

### examples

- The children were full of excitement before the school trip. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/excitement/#x1)
- I couldn't sleep from excitement the night before my birthday. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/excitement/#x2)
- The puppy wagged its tail with excitement. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/excitement/#x3)
- In all the excitement, I forgot my bag. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/excitement/#x4)
- There was a lot of excitement when it started to snow. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/excitement/#x5)
- She squealed with excitement when she opened the present. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/excitement/#x6)
- The excitement of the match made everyone cheer. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/excitement/#x7)
- Excitement and nerves can feel almost the same. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/excitement/#x8)
- Full of excitement, Barbaik started on her journey. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/excitement/#x9)

### note

Usually uncountable: «so much excitement», not «an excitement». Verb: «excite»; adjectives «excited» (how you feel) and «exciting» (what causes it): «I am excited; the trip is exciting».

### In the corpora

- [The open road! cries Toad: travel, change, excitement, a new place every day!](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/books/30-willows-ch2-part2-the-canary-coloured-cart/6/)
- [The light and excitement of screens make it harder to fall asleep, so screens are put away about an hour before bed.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/80-sleep-and-healthy-eating/5/)
- [The light and excitement of screens make it harder to fall asleep.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/209-sharing-sleep-and-safe-food/8/)
- [Feelings like jealousy, boredom and excitement are normal.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/292-jealousy-boredom-pride-and-hard-moments/0/)
- [Many accidents happen when bored children look for excitement in risky places.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/292-jealousy-boredom-pride-and-hard-moments/25/)

### Trees and pragmatics

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