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- exciting late 14c., "action of urging, prompting, inciting," from prp. of EXCITE (Cf. excite) (v.). From 1811 in sense "causing disease." Sense of "causing excitement" is from 1826.
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Exciting — Ex*cit ing, a. Calling or rousing into action; producing excitement; as, exciting events; an exciting story. {Ex*cit ing*ly}, adv. [1913 Webster] {Exciting causes} (Med.), those which immediately produce disease, or those which excite the action… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
EXCITING — is a state of the art full potential linearized augmented plane wave (FP LAPW) code which uses quantum mechanics, specifically density functional theory (DFT), to determine the physical properties of solids and molecules. Augmented plane waves… … Wikipedia
exciting — exciting; un·exciting; … English syllables
exciting — index moving (evoking emotion), offensive (taking the initiative), provocative, sapid Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 … Law dictionary
exciting — [adj] inspiring, exhilarating agitative, animating, appealing, arousing, arresting, astonishing, bracing, breathtaking, commoving, dangerous, dramatic, electrifying, exhilarant, eye popping*, far out*, fine, flashy, groovy*, hair raising*, heady* … New thesaurus
exciting — ► ADJECTIVE ▪ causing excitement. DERIVATIVES excitingly adverb … English terms dictionary
exciting — [ek sīt′iŋ, iksīt′iŋ] adj. causing excitement or agitation; stirring, thrilling, etc. excitingly adv … English World dictionary
exciting — adj. VERBS ▪ be, look, seem, sound ▪ become, get ▪ The movie was just getting exciting when we had to leave. ▪ … Collocations dictionary
exciting — ex|cit|ing W3S2 [ıkˈsaıtıŋ] adj making you feel excited ▪ an exciting discovery ▪ Julia and Paul are getting married! Oh, how exciting! ▪ I ve got some very exciting news for you. ▪ Let s do something exciting. ▪ Melanie finds her work exciting… … Dictionary of contemporary English
exciting — adj. exciting to + inf. (it s exciting to read adventure stories) * * * [ɪk saɪtɪŋ] exciting to + inf. (it s exciting to read adventure stories) … Combinatory dictionary
