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# vibe

«vibe» in Mova's school dictionary: **the feeling or mood a place, person or thing gives you** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 1 sentence of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

noun (a vibe, vibes) (informal); verb (vibe, vibes, vibed, vibing) (slang)

### meaning for a pupil

1) (informal) A vibe is the feeling or mood a place, person or thing gives you. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/vibe/#m1)

2) (slang) To vibe means to relax and enjoy yourself, often to music. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/vibe/#m2)

3) (slang) To vibe with someone means to get on well with them. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/vibe/#m3)

4) «Vibes» is short for vibraphone, a musical instrument (rare). [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/vibe/#m4)

### sense in the lessons

Common in young people's talk: «good vibes», «bad vibes», «the vibe in here is cosy», «just vibing». In stories, a character «gets a weird vibe» when something feels wrong — it can be a warning feeling.

### examples

- This café has a really chill vibe. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/vibe/#x1)
- I got bad vibes from that dark alley. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/vibe/#x2)
- We're just vibing to music in my room. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/vibe/#x3)
- Good vibes only! [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/vibe/#x4)
- I really vibe with my new classmate. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/vibe/#x5)
- The party had a happy vibe. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/vibe/#x6)

### note

Informal/slang — fine with friends, not in formal writing. Short for «vibration». A «vibe check» means checking how someone feels.

### In the corpora

- [To "vibe" in Gen Z and Gen Alpha slang means to go with the feeling, without a plan.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/english/39-planning-before-writing/16/)

### Trees and pragmatics

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