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Meaning of emotion | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2 Frequent
ɪˈməʊ.ʃən

Definitions

  1. emotion (person's internal state of being)
  2. Movement; agitation.
    countable, obsolete, uncountable
  3. excitement
  4. A complex and usually strong subjective response, such as love or hate:affection, affectivity, feeling, sentiment.
  5. A person's internal state of being and involuntary physiological response to an object or a situation, based on or tied to physical state and sensory data.
    countable, uncountable
  6. anticipation
  7. aandoenlik, emosioneel عاطِفِيّا емоционално emocionalmente cituplně emotional følelsesmæssigt; følsomt συναισθηματικά, ευσυγκίνητα emocionalmente emotsionaalselt از نظر احساسی tunteellisesti avec émotion בְרַגשָנוּת भावुकतापूर्वक osjećajno emocionálisan secara emosional á tilfinningaríkan hátt con emozione 感情的に 감정적으로 jausmingai, emocionaliai emocionāli; saviļņojoši dengan emosi emotioneelfølsomt; rørende emocjonalnie په هيجان، داحساساتو له مخى، په مينه emocionalmente cu emoţie эмоционально e...
  8. A reaction by a non-human organism with behavioral and physiological elements similar to a person's response.
    countable, uncountable
  9. emoción, sentimiento intenso.
  10. A mental state that arises spontaneously rather than through conscious effort and is often accompanied by physiological changes; a feeling: the emotions of joy, sorrow, and anger.
  11. Such mental states or the qualities that are associated with them, especially in contrast to reason: a decision based on emotion rather than logic.
  12. any strong feeling, as of joy, sorrow, or fear
  13. an affective state of consciousness in which joy, sorrow, fear, etc., is experienced, as distinguished from cognitive and volitional states of consciousness.
  14. any of the feelings of joy, sorrow, hate, love, etc.
  15. a strong agitation of the feelings caused by experiencing love, fear, etc.
  16. feeling, spirit, soul, passion, excitement, sensation, sentiment, agitation, fervour, ardour, vehemence, perturbation Her voice trembled with emotion.

Equivalents

Afrikaans emosie
Azərbaycanca duyğu emosiya
Беларуская пачуццё эмо́цыя
Български емоция чувство
বাংলা অনুভূতি
Català emoció
Čeština emoce
Dansk følelse
Ελληνικά συναίσθημα
Esperanto emocio
Español afecto emoción
فارسی احساس هیجان
Français émotion
Gàidhlig faireachdainn reachd
Galego emoción
עברית רגש
हिन्दी भावना
Magyar érzelem érzés
Bahasa Indonesia emosi
Íslenska geðshræring
Italiano emozione
日本語 心緒 感情
ქართული ემოცია
Қазақша сезім
ខ្មែរ អារម្មណ៍
한국어 감정
Kurdî hiş hiş hiş
Latina affectus sēnsus
Lietuvių emocija
Latviešu emocija
Македонски емоција чувство
Malti emozzjoni
Nederlands emotie
Polski emocja uczucie
پښتو احساس
Português emoção
Română emoție
Русский чувство эмоция
Slovenščina čustvo
Svenska känsla
Тоҷикӣ эҳсос
ไทย อารมณ์
Türkmençe duýgy
Tagalog damdamin emosyon
Türkçe duygu his
Українська емоція почуття
Oʻzbekcha emotsiya his hissiyot kayfiyat tuygʻu
Tiếng Việt cảm xúc

Examples

“and the water continuing in the caverns[…]caused the emotion or earthquake”
“He was thinking; but the glory of the song, the swell from the great organ, the clustered lights, […], the height and vastness of this noble fane, its antiquity and its strength—all these things seemed to have their part as causes of the thrilling emotion that accompanied his thoughts.”
““Just think about the last big decision you made. How much of it was based in emotion and how much was based in intellect? Most all big decisions are based in both.” […] Historically, placing weight on emotions has been dismissed. “What’s remarkable is that for so many years, people didn’t see emotions as conveying important messages,” he says.”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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