charge
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4.1
- noun
- /tʃɑrdʒ/
- Kind of gives you a charge though.
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Watch on YouTubeLike we'll give it some emotional charge to the challenge itself.
- Like we'll give it some emotional charge to the challenge itself.
- Getting such a genuine charge and the thrill out of the act of creation.
- So motivations, all right, it's like these short charges that that start things.
- And I was trying to say people get a sexual charge out of wearing clothes and that's OK.
- It has some charge, some power, however you want to conceptualize it.
Examples
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I know that you hold me up as your career template... and it gives you some sort of... charge to challenge me.
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Getting such a genuine charge and the thrill out of the act of creation.
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Crime gave both sides a little electric charge: "This is real!"
Academic text (1990) -
Why do I feel such a charge about this difference?
Academic text (1994) -
Tell me, this charge, does it sit uneasy with you?
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But didn't she already feel a charge in the air among their bodies?
Fiction book (1996) -
Dekar felt it the way he could feel the charge in the air before a summer storm.
Fiction book (1992) -
I guess I sound naive, but I'm getting a big charge out of this.
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Dancing Fox's throat had gone dry, the charge in her muscles almost unbearable as her heart hammered with excitement.
Fiction book (1990) -
She felt an incredible charge when she stepped onto the stage for her first performance.
Synonyms
417
1.0
A strong feeling of happiness and eagerness, or something that causes it
245
2.4
A sudden strong feeling of excitement and pleasure that can include fear
152
4.6
A sudden feeling of energy or excitement
126
3.7
A sudden strong feeling of excitement or pleasure
17
3.2
A strong feeling of excitement and interest
17
5.8
A strong, happy feeling of excitement
6
8.3
A quick feeling of excitement or pleasure
Antonyms
Idioms
Compounds
- Specialized
14
3.9
A quality in objects that makes them pull together or push apart, called positive and negative
8
3.9
An extra fee each person pays to enter a restaurant or club, not for food and drink
- Specialized
4
3.9
An electrical state when an object has fewer electrons than protons
- Specialized
4
4.1
A state when an object has more electrons than protons and so attracts positive objects, for example a rubbed balloon
- Specialized
2
6.2
A buildup of electricity on the surface of an object that does not let it move
- Formal
2
9.0
A diplomat who acts as head of an embassy when the ambassador is away
- Archaic
1
8.4
A small metal or plastic plate that people use like an early credit card to pay for goods
1
3.3
A fee paid for a plane landing, take-off, parking, or use of passenger areas at an airport
1
3.9
Money paid for putting equipment or services in place and making them ready
- Specialized
1
3.7
A regular payment that does not change when business changes, like rent or insurance
- Specialized
1
5.1
The total electric charge in a closed system stays the same
1
9.9
A mass attack, especially by Japanese soldiers in World War II, where they rush the enemy while shouting 'banzai'
- Specialized
1
6.7
An amount companies record each year as an expense to show equipment loses value
- Specialized
1
7.5
A payment plan that lets you keep owing money and pay over time
- Jargon
1
9.2
A soldier who stays on duty after hours to deal with problems and visitors
1
3.5
An amount of money residents pay regularly to cover shared building costs like cleaning and repairs
A way to buy now at a shop and pay later up to a set limit you can repay anytime
- Specialized
A machine that speeds up ions so they leave a hot gas called plasma after swapping electrons
- Archaic
A device that throws explosive charges into the sea to attack submarines from a ship
How Excited
Surface Forms
Etymology
Charge once meant 'a load', and now it can mean a sudden burst of energy you feel inside, like a small 'load' of excitement. A charge of excitement is the quick, strong feeling you get from an event.