stimulate

How to use stimulate in a sentence. Example sentences and definitions for stimulate.

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There's no point in keeping the price low to stimulate demand when you can't yet increase your supply!

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Quick take

act as a stimulant; "The book stimulated her imagination"; "This play stimulates"

Meaning at a glance

The clearest senses and uses of stimulate gathered in one view.

verb

act as a stimulant; "The book stimulated her imagination"; "This play stimulates"

verb

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"

verb

stir the feelings, emotions, or peace of; "These stories shook the community"; "the civil war shook the country"

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for stimulate.

verb

act as a stimulant; "The book stimulated her imagination"; "This play stimulates"

verb

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"

See also: induce, cause, have, get, make

verb

stir the feelings, emotions, or peace of; "These stories shook the community"; "the civil war shook the country"

verb

cause to be alert and energetic; "Coffee and tea stimulate me"; "This herbal infusion doesn't stimulate"

See also: arouse, brace, energize, energise

verb

cause to occur rapidly; "the infection precipitated a high fever and allergic reactions"

verb

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

verb

provide the needed stimulus for

Example sentences

There's no point in keeping the price low to stimulate demand when you can't yet increase your supply!

This is why tax cuts often stimulate large economic booms.

We don’t have access to them, we don’t have the mediums to stimulate them, we don’t have nothing.

These things stimulate my sense of wonder because they're like a magic trick, but there's no trickery involved.

You are seeing it as a cheap doodad that will stimulate a brain area that, when stimulated, improves learning.

Like all systems of oppression, prisons stimulate peoples desire for freedom.

Fantastic!Let's concoct some overly optimistic growth statistics for how this will stimulate the Kenyan economy.

Eventually it may be possible to stimulate the nerve more precisely using one of several exciting technologies.

Patients, typically the elderly, with cachexia from cancer are often given marijuana to stimulate their appetite, and it works.

It prevents them from learning how to intellectually stimulate themselves, or be alone for any meaningful period of time, both of which are absolutely indispensable survival adaptations for childhood and adult life.

Therefore, the government has the unique ability to act in a counter cyclical manner - it can counteract the collective saving of businesses/households to stimulate demand during recessions, and pull back when the private sector is roaring.

The teacher featured in the article as the developer of innovative teaching methods for young learners is also a Facebook friend of mine, and we are part of a network of parents and teachers who are curious about how to stimulate interest in mathematics among young learners by doing things differently from the United States typical school curriculum in mathematics.