arouse or elicit a feeling
Used in a Sentence
excite
How to use excite in a sentence. Example sentences and definitions for excite.
Editorial note
Most people self-select to apply for good and just reasons but some people really excite you and some people don't.
Examples8
Definitions8
Parts of speech1
Quick take
arouse or elicit a feeling
Meaning at a glance
The clearest senses and uses of excite gathered in one view.
act as a stimulant; "The book stimulated her imagination"; "This play stimulates"
stir feelings in; "stimulate my appetite"; "excite the audience"; "stir emotions"
Definitions
Core meanings and parts of speech for excite.
verb
arouse or elicit a feeling
verb
act as a stimulant; "The book stimulated her imagination"; "This play stimulates"
See also: stimulate
verb
stir feelings in; "stimulate my appetite"; "excite the audience"; "stir emotions"
verb
cause to be agitated, excited, or roused; "The speaker charged up the crowd with his inflammatory remarks"
verb
stimulate sexually; "This movie usually arouses the male audience"
verb
stir the feelings, emotions, or peace of; "These stories shook the community"; "the civil war shook the country"
verb
raise to a higher energy level; "excite the atoms"
verb
produce a magnetic field in; "excite the neurons"
Example sentences
Most people self-select to apply for good and just reasons but some people really excite you and some people don't.
It helps your manager know how to motivate you and what kinds of work will excite you to move your career forward.
Very collaborative, even if it didn't really excite the senses.
Then you have to pulse the hydrogen with a laser and excite the muon into a new energy state and accurately measure the energy of the photons that come off in the decay.
The way to excite their mathematical minds is to drag out the Cosmic Wimpout dice, play it with them until they understand the rules, and then ask them, "so, it's obvious that strategy doesn't matter much, but what's the optimal strategy?
Right now it's not thought that these are "dangerous" radiation any more than white light is, because their "kicks" don't excite the atomic bonds but are instead absorbed by proteins as a whole, in a process we presently think is indistinguishable from any other sort of heat transfer.
Somewhat as in government, low- and mid-level contracting didn't excite anyone in management, who were focused on issues that really "moved the needle", like securing and overseeing new exploration deals, not how much someone spent on a piece of equipment that wasn't even in the 6-figure range anyway.
A guy like Aleynikov was thus ideally suited as a prosecution target: unlikely to excite much sympathy from a jury with his heavy accent and un-American looks; clueless about lawyers and confessions; cooperative enough to sign statements that were re-formulated by investigators to look bad in court; high-tech enough to mark novel and impressive prosecutorial checkboxes.
Frequently asked questions
Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.
How do you use excite in a sentence?
Most people self-select to apply for good and just reasons but some people really excite you and some people don't.
What does excite mean?
arouse or elicit a feeling
What part of speech is excite?
excite is commonly used as verb.