What does stimulate mean?

Definitions for stimulate
ˈstɪm yəˌleɪtstim·u·late

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. stimulate, exciteverb

    act as a stimulant

    "The book stimulated her imagination"; "This play stimulates"

  2. induce, stimulate, cause, have, get, makeverb

    cause to do; cause to act in a specified manner

    "The ads induced me to buy a VCR"; "My children finally got me to buy a computer"; "My wife made me buy a new sofa"

  3. stimulate, shake, shake up, excite, stirverb

    stir the feelings, emotions, or peace of

    "These stories shook the community"; "the civil war shook the country"

  4. stimulate, arouse, brace, energize, energise, perk upverb

    cause to be alert and energetic

    "Coffee and tea stimulate me"; "This herbal infusion doesn't stimulate"

  5. induce, stimulate, rush, hastenverb

    cause to occur rapidly

    "the infection precipitated a high fever and allergic reactions"

  6. stimulate, excite, stirverb

    stir feelings in

    "stimulate my appetite"; "excite the audience"; "stir emotions"

  7. provoke, stimulateverb

    provide the needed stimulus for

Wiktionary

  1. stimulateverb

    To encourage into action.

  2. stimulateverb

    To arouse an organism to functional activity.

  3. Etymology: From stimulatus, perfect passive participle of stimulo, from stimulus.

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary

  1. To STIMULATEverb

    Etymology: stimulo, Latin.

    Extreme cold stimulates, producing first a rigour, and then a glowing heat; those things which stimulate in the extreme degree excite pain. John Arbuthnot, on Diet.

    Some medicines lubricate, and others both lubricate and stimulate. Samuel Sharp.

ChatGPT

  1. stimulate

    To stimulate is to cause or encourage increased activity or interest in something or someone. This can be physical, such as stimulating a muscle with certain exercises or mental, such as stimulating the brain with different intellectual tasks.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Stimulateverb

    to excite as if with a goad; to excite, rouse, or animate, to action or more vigorous exertion by some pungent motive or by persuasion; as, to stimulate one by the hope of reward, or by the prospect of glory

  2. Stimulateverb

    to excite; to irritate; especially, to excite the activity of (a nerve or an irritable muscle), as by electricity

Editors Contribution

  1. stimulate

    To motivate, encourage and provide opportunities to learn, play, develop, socialize and form relationships.

    The local youth club knew they could stimulate the youth and empower them to develop into responsible adults.


    Submitted by MaryC on March 20, 2020  


  2. stimulate

    To provide a stimulus.

    The unity government knew they had to stimulate the economy and it was easy.


    Submitted by MaryC on April 12, 2020  

British National Corpus

  1. Verbs Frequency

    Rank popularity for the word 'stimulate' in Verbs Frequency: #719

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Anagrams for stimulate »

  1. mutilates

  2. ultimates

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of stimulate in Chaldean Numerology is: 4

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of stimulate in Pythagorean Numerology is: 3

Examples of stimulate in a Sentence

  1. Philip Shaw:

    (Chinese economic) conditions remain weaker than authorities would prefer ... For markets, this is a risk-positive move given that the aim is to stimulate Chinese activity.

  2. Med Jones:

    Countries that have strong pre-crisis macroeconomic metrics, rich natural resources and export-based industries have stronger recovery prospects. Strong budgets allow the government to stimulate the economy with less debt burden. Exports play a significant role in supporting a stable interest rate and ex-change rates thus renewing investors confidence and recovery.

  3. Alexandra Zhang:

    Certain lasers with fractional technology can stimulate the collagen synthesis with reduced ‘down time’ and may help to tighten the skin.

  4. Lisa Davis:

    When it comes to helping families weather the economic impacts that the coronavirus has had, SNAP is the first responder, there is no more important and effective way of getting resources to families to buy food and to stimulate the economy than SNAP.

  5. Canadian Finance Minister Bill Morneau:

    We believe that outside investors should be confident about Canada, we have the room to make some significant investments to stimulate our economy and create a more productive Canada over the long term.

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