stimulate

stimulate
verb
ADVERB
greatly, significantly, strongly
further
effectively
directly

An interest rate increase directly stimulates saving and reduces real expenditure.

in part

The economy is recovering, stimulated in part by government spending.

artificially

This tax policy is artificially stimulating demand.

intellectually, sexually, visually

These materials are designed to stimulate students intellectually.

electrically
VERB + STIMULATE
help (to)
be designed to, be intended to
Stimulate is used with these nouns as the object: ↑activity, ↑appetite, ↑circulation, ↑competition, ↑consumption, ↑creativity, ↑debate, ↑demand, ↑desire, ↑development, ↑discussion, ↑economy, ↑employment, ↑flow, ↑growth, ↑imagination, ↑immunity, ↑industry, ↑innovation, ↑interest, ↑investment, ↑mind, ↑muscle, ↑nerve, ↑process, ↑production, ↑recovery, ↑reflection, ↑research, ↑response, ↑revival, ↑thinking

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  • stimulate — stim‧u‧late [ˈstɪmjleɪt] verb [transitive] to encourage an activity to begin or develop further: • Banks were urged to lower credit card interest rates to stimulate consumer spending. • Any increase in industrial activity will stimulate demand… …   Financial and business terms

  • Stimulate — Stim u*late, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Stimulated}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Stimulating}.] [L. stimulatus, p. p. of stimulare to prick or goad on, to incite, fr. stimulus a goad. See {Stimulus}.] 1. To excite as if with a goad; to excite, rouse, or animate,… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • stimulate — I verb activate, actuate, animate, arouse, awaken, brace, drive, egg on, encourage, energize, enkindle, enliven, excitare, excite, fan, fillip, fire, foment, goad, impel, Incitare, incite, inflame, initiate, inritare, inspire, inspirit, instigate …   Law dictionary

  • stimulate — 1610s, from L. stimulatus, pp. of stimulare (see STIMULATION (Cf. stimulation)). Related: Stimulated; stimulating …   Etymology dictionary

  • stimulate — excite, *provoke, quicken, pique, galvanize Analogous words: *quicken, animate, enliven, vivify: activate, energize, *vitalize: rouse, arouse, *stir, rally, waken, awaken Antonyms: unnerve: deaden …   New Dictionary of Synonyms

  • stimulate — [v] excite, provoke activate, animate, arouse, build a fire under*, commove, dynamize, elate, encourage, energize, enliven, exhilarate, fan, fire, fire up*, foment, foster, galvanize, get one going*, get one started*, goad, grab, hook, impel,… …   New thesaurus

  • stimulate — ► VERB 1) apply or act as a stimulus to. 2) animate or excite. DERIVATIVES stimulation noun stimulator noun stimulatory adjective. ORIGIN Latin stimulare urge, goad …   English terms dictionary

  • stimulate — [stim′yo͞olāt΄, stim′yəlāt΄] vt. stimulated, stimulating [< L stimulatus, pp. of stimulare, to prick, goad, excite < stimulus: see STIMULUS] 1. to rouse or excite to action or increased action; animate; spur on 2. to invigorate or seem to… …   English World dictionary

  • stimulate — {<charset c=U><HR> } 01. Their children felt more [stimulated] to learn a second language after they had visited Europe. 02. Children need mental [stimulation] in order to develop intellectually. 03. Anne Morrow Lindbergh once said… …   Grammatical examples in English

  • stimulate */*/ — UK [ˈstɪmjʊleɪt] / US [ˈstɪmjəˌleɪt] verb [transitive] Word forms stimulate : present tense I/you/we/they stimulate he/she/it stimulates present participle stimulating past tense stimulated past participle stimulated 1) to encourage something to… …   English dictionary

  • stimulate — v. 1) (d; tr.) to stimulate into 2) (H) to stimulate smb. to do smt. * * * [ stɪmjʊleɪt] (H) to stimulate smb. to do smt. (d; tr.) to stimulate into …   Combinatory dictionary

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