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exciting
[
ik-
sahy
-ting
]
Example Sentences
Origin
ex·cit·ing
/
ɪkˈsaɪ
tɪŋ
/
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[
ik-
sahy
-ting
]
Show IPA
adjective
producing
excitement
;
stirring; thrilling:
an exciting account of his trip to Tibet.
Origin:
1805–15;
excite
+
-ing
2
Related forms
ex·cit·ing·ly,
adverb
non·ex·cit·ing,
adjective
un·ex·cit·ing,
adjective
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It's a daunting task, but one full of
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possibilities.
This
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company is currently enjoying great success and growth and it is therefore an ideal time to be joining their team.
Working on what you love is really
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It's a daunting task, but one full of
exciting
possibilities.
This
exciting
company is currently enjoying great success and growth and it is therefore an ideal time to be joining their team.
Working on what you love is really
exciting
and a lot of fun.
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.
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Dictionary.com Unabridged
ex·cite
/
ɪkˈsaɪt
/
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[
ik-
sahyt
]
Show IPA
verb (used with object),
-cit·ed,
-cit·ing.
1.
to arouse or stir up the emotions or feelings of:
to excite a person to anger; actions that excited his father's
wrath
.
2.
to arouse or stir up (emotions or feelings):
to excite jealousy or hatred.
3.
to cause; awaken:
to excite interest or curiosity.
4.
to stir to action; provoke or stir up:
to excite a dog by baiting him.
5.
Physiology
.
to stimulate:
to excite a nerve.
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6.
Electricity
.
to supply with electricity for producing electric activity or a magnetic field:
to excite a dynamo.
7.
Physics
.
to raise (an atom, molecule, etc.) to an
excited state
.
COLLAPSE
Origin:
1300–50;
Middle English
<
Latin
excitāre,
equivalent to
ex-
ex-
1
+
citāre,
frequentative of
ciēre
to set in motion
Related forms
pre·ex·cite,
verb (used with object),
-cit·ed,
-cit·ing.
Synonyms
1.
stir, awaken, stimulate, animate, kindle, inflame.
2.
evoke.
4.
disturb, agitate, ruffle.
Dictionary.com Unabridged
Based on the Random House Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2012.
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exciting
(ɪkˈsaɪtɪŋ)
—
adj
causing excitement; stirring; stimulating
ex'citingly
—
adv
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 10th Edition
2009 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins
Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009
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Etymonline
Word Origin & History
excite
mid-14c., "to move, instigate," from L. excitare "rouse, produce," freq. of exciere "call forth, instigate," from ex- "out" + ciere "set in motion, call" (see
cite
). Main modern sense of "emotionally agitate" is first attested 1821.
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exciting
1811, "causing disease;" sense of "causing excitement" is from 1826 (see
excite
).
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