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{
"term": "boost",
"partOfSpeech": "verb",
"ox5000": true,
"cefr": "b2",
"verbForms": {
"presentSimple": {
"iYouWeThey": "boost",
"heSheIt": "boosts"
},
"pastSimple": "boosted",
"pastParticiple": "boosted",
"ingForm": "boosting"
},
"definitions": [
{
"senseNumber": 1,
"definition": "to make something increase, or become better or more successful",
"sensetop": "boost something",
"cefr": "b2",
"examples": [
{
"text": "to boost exports/profits"
},
{
"text": "to boost productivity/spending"
},
{
"text": "The movie helped boost her screen career."
},
{
"text": "to **boost somebody’s confidence/morale**"
},
{
"text": "Getting that job did a lot to **boost his ego** *(= make him feel more confident)*."
},
{
"text": "The new service helped boost pre-tax profits by 10%."
},
{
"text": "The total was boosted to nearly $200 by donations from parents."
},
{
"text": "an attempt to boost the number of barn owls living in the wild"
},
{
"text": "to boost her chances of winning next month's election"
},
{
"text": "A last-minute rush by Christmas shoppers boosted sales."
}
],
"topics": ["Success", "Change, cause and effect"],
"collocations": {
"adverb": ["considerably", "dramatically", "greatly"],
"verb + boost": ["help (to)"],
"preposition": ["to"]
}
},
{
"senseNumber": 2,
"definition": "to steal something",
"sensetop": "boost something",
"labels": "(North American English, informal, becoming old-fashioned)",
"examples": []
}
],
"pronunciations": {
"uk": [
{
"pronunciation": "/buːst/",
"audio": "bo/boost/boost__gb_2.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/buːsts/",
"audio": "bo/boost/boosts__gb_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈbuːstɪd/",
"audio": "bo/boost/boosted__gb_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈbuːstɪŋ/",
"audio": "bo/boost/boosting__gb_1.mp3"
}
],
"us": [
{
"pronunciation": "/buːst/",
"audio": "bo/boost/boost__us_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/buːsts/",
"audio": "bo/boost/boosts__us_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈbuːstɪd/",
"audio": "bo/boost/boosted__us_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈbuːstɪŋ/",
"audio": "bo/boost/boosting__us_1.mp3"
}
]
},
"wordOrigin": "early 19th cent. (originally US, in sense (4)): of unknown origin."
}