Meaning of "excite" in the English dictionary

ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD EXCITE

From Latin excitāre, from exciēre to stimulate, from ciēre to set in motion, rouse.

Etymology is the study of the origin of words and their changes in structure and significance.

PRONUNCIATION OF EXCITE

ɪkˈsaɪt

GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF EXCITE

Excite is a verb.

The verb is the part of the sentence that is conjugated and expresses action and state of being.

See the conjugation of the verb excite in English.

WHAT DOES EXCITE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Excite

Excite is a collection of web sites and services, launched in December 1995. Excite is an online service offering a variety of content, including an Internet portal showing news and weather etc., a search engine, a web-based email, instant messaging, stock quotes, and a customizable user homepage. The content is collated from over 100 different sources. Excite's portal and services are owned by Excite Networks, but in the USA, Excite is a personal portal, called My Excite, which is operated by Mindspark; owned by IAC Search and Media. In the 1990s, Excite was one of the most recognized brands on the Internet.

Definition of excite in the English dictionary

The first definition of excite in the dictionary is to arouse to strong feeling, esp to pleasurable anticipation or nervous agitation. Other definition of excite is to arouse or elicit ; evoke. Excite is also to cause or bring about; stir up.

CONJUGATION OF THE VERB TO EXCITE

PRESENT

Present

I excite

you excite

he/she/it excites

we excite

you excite

they excite

Present continuous

I am exciting

you are exciting

he/she/it is exciting

we are exciting

you are exciting

they are exciting

Present perfect

I have excited

you have excited

he/she/it has excited

we have excited

you have excited

they have excited

Present perfect continuous

I have been exciting

you have been exciting

he/she/it has been exciting

we have been exciting

you have been exciting

they have been exciting

Present tense is used to refer to circumstances that exist at the present time or over a period that includes the present time. The present perfect refers to past events, although it can be considered to denote primarily the resulting present situation rather than the events themselves.

PAST

Past

I excited

you excited

he/she/it excited

we excited

you excited

they excited

Past continuous

I was exciting

you were exciting

he/she/it was exciting

we were exciting

you were exciting

they were exciting

Past perfect

I had excited

you had excited

he/she/it had excited

we had excited

you had excited

they had excited

Past perfect continuous

I had been exciting

you had been exciting

he/she/it had been exciting

we had been exciting

you had been exciting

they had been exciting

Past tense forms express circumstances existing at some time in the past,

FUTURE

Future

I will excite

you will excite

he/she/it will excite

we will excite

you will excite

they will excite

Future continuous

I will be exciting

you will be exciting

he/she/it will be exciting

we will be exciting

you will be exciting

they will be exciting

Future perfect

I will have excited

you will have excited

he/she/it will have excited

we will have excited

you will have excited

they will have excited

Future perfect continuous

I will have been exciting

you will have been exciting

he/she/it will have been exciting

we will have been exciting

you will have been exciting

they will have been exciting

The future is used to express circumstances that will occur at a later time.

CONDITIONAL

Conditional

I would excite

you would excite

he/she/it would excite

we would excite

you would excite

they would excite

Conditional continuous

I would be exciting

you would be exciting

he/she/it would be exciting

we would be exciting

you would be exciting

they would be exciting

Conditional perfect

I would have excite

you would have excite

he/she/it would have excite

we would have excite

you would have excite

they would have excite

Conditional perfect continuous

I would have been exciting

you would have been exciting

he/she/it would have been exciting

we would have been exciting

you would have been exciting

they would have been exciting

Conditional or "future-in-the-past" tense refers to hypothetical or possible actions.

IMPERATIVE

Imperative

you excite
we let´s excite
you excite

The imperative is used to form commands or requests.

NONFINITE VERB FORMS

Infinitive

to excite

Past participle

excited

Present Participle

exciting

Infinitive shows the action beyond temporal perspective. The present participle or gerund shows the action during the session. The past participle shows the action after completion.

SYNONYMS OF «EXCITE»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «excite» and belong to the same grammatical category.

agitate · animate · arouse · awaken · electrify · elicit · enliven · evoke · exhilarate · fire · foment · galvanize · incite · inflame · inspire · instigate · kindle · move · provoke · quicken · rouse · stimulate · stir · stir up · thrill · titillate · turn on · waken · whet · work up

TRANSLATION OF EXCITE

Find out the translation of excite to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.

The translations of excite from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «excite» in English.

• Translator English - Chinese: 使…激动
• Translator English - Spanish: estimular
• English: excite
• Translator English - Hindi: उत्तेजित
• Translator English - Arabic: إثارة
• Translator English - Russian: возбуждают
• Translator English - Portuguese: estimular
• Translator English - Bengali: জাগান
• Translator English - French: exciter
• Translator English - Malay: Gembira
• Translator English - German: erregen
• Translator English - Japanese: 興奮させる
• Translator English - Korean: 흥미를 불러일으키다
• Translator English - Javanese: Nyenengake
• Translator English - Vietnamese: kích thích
• Translator English - Tamil: தூண்ட
• Translator English - Marathi: उत्तेजित
• Translator English - Turkish: heyecanlandırmak
• Translator English - Italian: eccitare
• Translator English - Polish: podniecać
• Translator English - Ukrainian: збуджують
• Translator English - Romanian: excita
• Translator English - Greek: διεγείρει
• Translator English - Afrikaans: opgewonde
• Translator English - Swedish: excitera
• Translator English - Norwegian: opphisse

10 QUOTES WITH «EXCITE»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word excite.

1

Matthew Arnold

Greatness is a spiritual condition worthy to excite love, interest, and admiration; and the outward proof of possessing greatness is that we excite love, interest and admiration.

2

Mary Astell

The design of Rhetoric is to remove those Prejudices that lie in the way of Truth, to Reduce the Passions to the Government of Reasons; to place our Subject in a Right Light, and excite our Hearers to a due consideration of it.

3

George Bancroft

By common consent gray hairs are a crown of glory; the only object of respect that can never excite envy.

4

Dan Bartlett

When it comes down to it, Hillary Clinton will very much excite the Republican faithful to get out and work hard. I don't know if a similar case can be made if Obama is the candidate.

5

Tony Bates

Skype is kind of amazing - look at Skype in the classroom - those are things that can really excite your organization. That's what has been really great to me.

6

Marc Bolan

The prospect of being immortal doesn't excite me, but the prospect of being a materialistic idol for four years does appeal.

7

Matthew Bourne

When it comes down to it, it's giving people a good night out in a basic way and I think my company guarantees that. There's always something new and something to excite us and surprise us, and that's why people come back, I hope.

8

John Boyne

Throughout my teenage years, I read 'A Christmas Carol' by Charles Dickens every December. It was a story that never failed to excite me, for as well as being a Dickens enthusiast, I have always loved ghost stories.

9

James Broughton

I often start writing in order to excite an expansive emotion.

10

William C. Bryant

Poetry is that art which selects and arranges the symbols of thought in such a manner as to excite the imagination the most powerfully and delightfully.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «EXCITE»

Discover the use of excite in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to excite and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.

Going Social: Excite Customers, Generate Buzz, and Energize ...

Jeremy Goldman has been in the trenches helping companies incorporate "social" into their digital processes for over a decade--and in "Going Social" he gives you all the practical guidance you need to transition from traditional marketing ...

Jeremy Goldman, 2013

Circus Excite

Julia Spark is a professional dancer, newly graduated.

Nikki Magennis, 2010

Gifted Books, Gifted Readers: Literature Activities to ...

An excellent resource for teachers of the gifted, these books and activities can be used in any classroom or media center.

Nancy Polette, 2000

Math Games: 180 Reproducible Activities to Motivate, Excite, ...

"For classroom teachers interested in successfully incorporating differentiated lessons into the existing curriculum, this book offers ready-to-use and relevant activities.

Judith A. Muschla, Gary Robert Muschla, 2011

Thunderbolt Boys Excite

Natsui Kodaka is a hot, sexy young model with a hip agency.

Asami Tojo, 2007

Tempt: Cupcakes to Excite

Tempt: Cupcakes to Excite brings to mind fun and colourful little cakes in attractive cases with beautiful toppings. In this book, Betty Saw, Malaysia's favourite food columnist, presents a decadent serving of 75 recipes.

Betty Saw, 2005

The Book of Lovers: Men Who Excite Women, Women Who Excite Men

Is he a philanderer?

Carolyn Reynolds, 1992

Founders at Work: Stories of Startups' Early Days

]oe Kraus started Excite (originally called Architext) in 1993 with five Stanford classmates. Though they began by developing technology for information search and retrieval, their decision to go into web search ultimately made their site the ...

Jessica Livingston, 2008

Pity's Gift: a collection of interesting tales, to excite ...

Mr. Pratt (Samuel Jackson), Laetitia PILKINGTON. of his sad history as can be collectedfrom his melancholy and its, motives, running into a popular tale, the subsequent facts- have got into every one's' mouth. i Of late, it has been his fate to ...

Mr. Pratt (Samuel Jackson), Laetitia PILKINGTON, 1798

Open the Door: How to Excite Young People About Poetry

A compendium of essays, interviews and lesson plans designed to teach students about the relevance and joy of poetry cites its role in education, shares insights by poetry teachers throughout the United States and outlines education ...

Dorothea Lasky, Dominic Luxford, Jesse Nathan, 2013

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «EXCITE»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term excite is used in the context of the following news items.

Korean kits excite Special Olympians

Part of the Uganda Secial Olympics team pose after receiving a donation of a full kit from the Republic of Korea ambassador Park Jung-Dae at ... «New Vision, Jul 15»

Newtown Rovers think pink in bid to excite

The club line-up alongside town rivals Newtown Wanderers and Maesyrhandir in next season's Mitsubishi Division Two and will play at ... «Powys County Times, Jul 15»

Rising lake levels at Kirby, Fort Phantom excite Abilenians

The record-breaking rain that Abilene received Tuesday lifted more than lake levels -- it also lifted people's spirits. «KTXS, Jul 15»

Big fish excite anglers

"I don't know what they're feeding them down at the hatchery, but they need to keep it up," Josh Anspach Hanson, 34, of Albuquerque, said. «Ruidoso News, Jul 15»

Notts County fan column: Stuart Brothers: Quality of signings can …

Last week I was able to get a tad excited for the new season with signs that Notts owner Ray Trew had his mojo back and was rallying the ... «Nottingham Post, Jul 15»

The 10 things in Windows 10 that most excite me

It's now July. For most of the world, that means several things i.e. summer holidays and various national days of celebration. For those who ... «WinBeta, Jul 15»

Challenge Cup Set to Excite in Hong Kong

The main draws of the 2015 Contrex Challenge Cup, PSA M5 & W5 events begin tomorrow as the courts at the Kowloon Cricket Club see some ... «PSA World Tour, Jul 15»

Toshiba Excite 7c AT7 vs Apple iPhone 6 Plus : Comparison of …

Toshiba Excite 7c AT7 is the smartphone from Toshiba with 7.0 inches screen and the resolution of the screen is 600 x 1024 pixels pixels. «Newstrack India, Jul 15»

'Magic Mike XXL' fails to excite US moviegoers

Male strippers and the return of the Terminator were not enough to excite moviegoers, who instead flocked to leftovers such as Jurassic World ... «gulfnews.com, Jul 15»

Former Spurs winger Kudos Oyenuga will excite Hartlepool fans

He's got rapid pace and there were one or two other clubs just waiting to nick him. Ronnie Moore. Manager Ronnie Moore has made the former ... «Hartlepool Mail, Jul 15»