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UK [ɪkˈsaɪtɪd] / US [ɪkˈsaɪtəd] adjective
Collocations:

Excited describes how you feel: I'm excited about my holiday. ♦ She didn't seem very excited.
Exciting describes things or situations that make you feel excited: I find circuses very exciting. ♦ It was such an exciting adventure. Only people and animals can be described as excited, not events or experiences.
1) very happy and enthusiastic because something good is going to happen, especially when this makes you unable to relax

I was so excited I couldn't sleep.

excited about:

I'm so excited about the trip!

excited by:

Excited by the news, Marie phoned her mother immediately.

get/become excited:

They're both getting excited planning the wedding.

excited at:

He's excited at the prospect of showing his work in New York.

2) upset, worried, or angry about something

Look, Dad, stop getting so excited – I'm sure she'll be home soon.

3) feeling that you want to have sex
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Derived word:
excitedly
adverb

He talked excitedly to reporters about his hopes of winning the race.


English dictionary. 2014.

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