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excitement meaning

EN[ɪkˈsaɪtmənt]
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  • NounPLexcitementsPREexci-SUF-ment
    1. (uncountable) the state of being excited (emotionally aroused).
      1. (countable) something that excites.
      2. More Examples
        1. Used in the Middle of Sentence
          • The young women gave him the excitement of his life when they began to dirty dance with him on the dance floor.
          • Tragic, too, is the gradual deskilling of teachers, loss of excitement about the profession, and loss of gifted teachers to other pursuits.
          • But the real excitement is to be found in Erith and Thamesmead, where the Blairites in exile are channelling their hopes on Georgia Gould, 22, daughter of Mr Tony's famed pollmeister Philip.
        2. Used in the Ending of Sentence
          • When he just looks at me, my heart begins to palpitate with excitement.

      Meaning of excitement for the defined word.

      Grammatically, this word "excitement" is a morpheme, more specifically, a suffixe. It's also a noun, more specifically, a countable noun and a singularia tantum.
      • Part-of-Speech Hierarchy
        1. Morphemes
          • Suffixes
            • Words by suffix
              • Words suffixed with -ment
          • Nouns
            • Countable nouns
              • Singularia tantum
                • Uncountable nouns
            Difficultness: Level 1
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            Definiteness: Level 3
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