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{
"term": "stimulus",
"partOfSpeech": "noun",
"ox5000": true,
"cefr": "c1",
"definitions": [
{
"senseNumber": 1,
"definition": "something that helps somebody/something to develop better or more quickly",
"sensetop": "stimulus for somethingstimulus to somethingstimulus (for somebody) (to do something)",
"cefr": "c1",
"examples": [
{
"text": "Books provide children with ideas and a stimulus for play.",
"contextForm": "stimulus for something"
},
{
"text": "The new tax laws should act as a stimulus to exports.",
"contextForm": "stimulus to something"
},
{
"text": "This development also acted as a stimulus for Britain to modernize her air force.",
"contextForm": "stimulus (for somebody) (to do something)"
},
{
"text": "Congress passed the President's economic stimulus package."
},
{
"text": "The initial stimulus came from a letter in the newspaper."
},
{
"text": "He stressed the value of public investment as a stimulus to growth."
},
{
"text": "The research provided the stimulus for improvements in public libraries."
}
],
"collocations": {
"adjective": ["great", "major", "powerful"],
"verb + stimulus": ["act as", "give", "provide"],
"stimulus + verb": ["come from something"],
"stimulus + noun": ["bill", "package", "plan"],
"preposition": ["stimulus for", "stimulus to"],
"phrases": ["a response to a stimulus"]
}
},
{
"senseNumber": 2,
"definition": "something that produces a reaction in a human, an animal or a plant",
"cefr": "c1",
"examples": [
{
"text": "**sensory/verbal/visual stimuli**"
},
{
"text": "The animals were conditioned to respond to **auditory stimuli** *(= sounds)*."
},
{
"text": "plant growth responses to environmental stimuli"
},
{
"text": "The pupils dilate in response to chemical stimuli."
},
{
"text": "The very act of lying down in bed should provide a strong stimulus for sleep."
},
{
"text": "a response to a stimulus"
}
],
"topics": ["Biology"],
"collocations": {
"adjective": ["great", "major", "powerful"],
"verb + stimulus": ["act as", "give", "provide"],
"stimulus + verb": ["come from something"],
"stimulus + noun": ["bill", "package", "plan"],
"preposition": ["stimulus for", "stimulus to"],
"phrases": ["a response to a stimulus"]
}
}
],
"pronunciations": {
"uk": [
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈstɪmjələs/",
"audio": "st/stimulus/stimulus__gb_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈstɪmjəlaɪ/",
"audio": "st/stimulus/stimuli__gb_1.mp3"
}
],
"us": [
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈstɪmjələs/",
"audio": "st/stimulus/stimulus__us_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈstɪmjəlaɪ/",
"audio": "st/stimulus/stimuli__us_1.mp3"
}
]
},
"wordOrigin": "late 17th cent.: from Latin, ‘goad, spur, incentive’."
}