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{
"term": "stimulate",
"partOfSpeech": "verb",
"ox5000": true,
"cefr": "b2",
"verbForms": {
"presentSimple": {
"iYouWeThey": "stimulate",
"heSheIt": "stimulates"
},
"pastSimple": "stimulated",
"pastParticiple": "stimulated",
"ingForm": "stimulating"
},
"definitions": [
{
"senseNumber": 1,
"definition": "to make something develop or become more active; to encourage something",
"sensetop": "stimulate something",
"cefr": "b2",
"examples": [
{
"text": "The exhibition has stimulated interest in her work."
},
{
"text": "The article can be used to stimulate discussion among students."
},
{
"text": "a government package designed to stimulate economic growth"
},
{
"text": "The economy is recovering, stimulated in part by government spending."
},
{
"text": "This tax policy is artificially stimulating demand."
},
{
"text": "Any increase in industrial activity will stimulate demand for electricity."
},
{
"text": "The company is trying to stimulate confidence amongst its investors."
},
{
"text": "The course will stimulate interest in the development of modern society."
},
{
"text": "The first workshop is intended to stimulate ideas."
},
{
"text": "This new government initiative is designed to stimulate economic growth."
}
],
"collocations": {
"adverb": ["greatly", "significantly", "strongly"],
"verb + stimulate": ["help (to)", "be designed to", "be intended to"]
}
},
{
"senseNumber": 2,
"definition": "to make somebody interested and excited about something",
"sensetop": "stimulate somebodystimulate somebody to do something",
"cefr": "c1",
"examples": [
{
"text": "Parents should give children books that stimulate them.",
"contextForm": "stimulate somebody"
},
{
"text": "Both men and women are stimulated by erotic photos *(= sexually)*."
},
{
"text": "The conference stimulated him to study the subject in more depth.",
"contextForm": "stimulate somebody to do something"
},
{
"text": "These materials are designed to stimulate students intellectually."
},
{
"text": "activities designed to stimulate the children intellectually"
},
{
"text": "Stimulate the patient to activity but don't push him too hard."
}
],
"topics": ["Feelings"],
"collocations": {
"adverb": ["greatly", "significantly", "strongly"],
"verb + stimulate": ["help (to)", "be designed to", "be intended to"]
}
},
{
"senseNumber": 3,
"definition": "to make a part of the body function",
"sensetop": "stimulate something",
"labels": "(specialist)",
"examples": [
{
"text": "The women were given fertility drugs to stimulate the ovaries."
}
]
}
],
"pronunciations": {
"uk": [
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈstɪmjuleɪt/",
"audio": "st/stimulate/stimulate__gb_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈstɪmjuleɪts/",
"audio": "st/stimulate/stimulates__gb_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈstɪmjuleɪtɪd/",
"audio": "st/stimulate/stimulated__gb_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈstɪmjuleɪtɪŋ/",
"audio": "st/stimulate/stimulating__gb_1.mp3"
}
],
"us": [
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈstɪmjuleɪt/",
"audio": "st/stimulate/stimulate__us_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈstɪmjuleɪts/",
"audio": "st/stimulate/stimulates__us_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈstɪmjuleɪtɪd/",
"audio": "st/stimulate/stimulated__us_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈstɪmjuleɪtɪŋ/",
"audio": "st/stimulate/stimulating__us_1.mp3"
}
]
},
"wordOrigin": "mid 16th cent. (in the sense ‘sting, afflict’): from Latin stimulat- ‘urged, goaded’, from the verb stimulare."
}