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{
"term": "emotion",
"partOfSpeech": "noun",
"ox3000": true,
"cefr": "b1",
"definitions": [
{
"senseNumber": null,
"definition": "a strong feeling such as love, fear or anger; the part of a person’s character that consists of feelings",
"examples": [
{
"text": "to **show/express your emotions**"
},
{
"text": "They expressed **mixed emotions** at the news."
},
{
"text": "Counselling can teach people to handle **negative emotions** such as fear and anger."
},
{
"text": "Fear is a normal **human emotion**."
},
{
"text": "This documentary manages to capture the **raw emotions** of life at the tough end."
},
{
"text": "**Emotions are running high** *(= people are feeling very excited, angry, etc.)*."
},
{
"text": "She showed no emotion at the verdict."
},
{
"text": "The decision was based on emotion rather than rational thought."
},
{
"text": "Mary was **overcome with emotion**."
},
{
"text": "He lost control of his emotions."
},
{
"text": "Through her work she expresses a wide range of emotions."
},
{
"text": "Counsellors encourage victims of crime to confront their emotions."
},
{
"text": "Drama can help children to express their emotions."
},
{
"text": "Emotions are running high on the issue."
},
{
"text": "He felt no emotion as she left."
},
{
"text": "It's about allowing kids to express feelings and emotions through art."
},
{
"text": "Her performance in the play covered the whole gamut of emotions."
},
{
"text": "His voice was choked with emotion."
},
{
"text": "Releasing these emotions is part of the healing process."
},
{
"text": "She could not cope with such public displays of emotion."
},
{
"text": "I felt a sudden rush of emotion at the thought of seeing him again."
},
{
"text": "She felt torn by conflicting emotions."
},
{
"text": "He realized he was shaking all over with emotion."
},
{
"text": "She spoke with deep emotion."
},
{
"text": "The film captures the real emotion of this terrible event."
},
{
"text": "The play has a surprising depth of emotion for a comedy."
},
{
"text": "The nurse was handling his fragile emotions very carefully."
},
{
"text": "The woman's face showed no emotion."
},
{
"text": "There wasn't a hint of emotion in his eyes."
},
{
"text": "a spectacle which no one can view without emotion"
},
{
"text": "Years of pent-up emotion came out as he sobbed."
},
{
"text": "You could read his emotions by looking into his eyes."
},
{
"text": "a moving performance full of raw emotion"
},
{
"text": "a speech that was charged with emotion"
},
{
"text": "an incident that has aroused strong emotions locally"
},
{
"text": "the emotions that we experience as children"
},
{
"text": "the heightened emotions which resulted from the terrorist attack"
},
{
"text": "spontaneous outpourings of emotion"
},
{
"text": "This is the kind of expression of emotion that touches a deeper chord."
},
{
"text": "She was overwhelmed by the emotion of the moment."
},
{
"text": "The young boy bit his lip to keep his emotions in check."
},
{
"text": "There's nothing in this movie that will stir your emotions."
},
{
"text": "His imagery conveys intense emotion."
}
],
"topics": ["Feelings"],
"collocations": {
"adjective": ["deep", "extreme", "intense"],
"… of emotion": ["flicker", "hint", "trace"],
"verb + emotion": ["experience", "feel", "be choked with"],
"preposition": ["with emotion", "without emotion"],
"phrases": [
"depth of emotion",
"intensity of emotion",
"emotions run high"
]
}
}
],
"pronunciations": {
"uk": [
{
"pronunciation": "/ɪˈməʊʃn/",
"audio": "em/emotion/emotion__gb_1.mp3"
}
],
"us": [
{
"pronunciation": "/ɪˈməʊʃn/",
"audio": "em/emotion/emotion__us_1.mp3"
}
]
},
"wordOrigin": "mid 16th cent. (denoting a public disturbance): from French émotion, from émouvoir ‘excite’, based on Latin emovere, from e- (variant of ex-) ‘out’ + movere ‘move’. The current sense dates from the early 19th cent."
}