{
    "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."
}