stimulatestim‧u‧late /ˈstɪmjəleɪt/ ●○○ verb [transitive] 
the president’s plan to stimulate economic growth2to encourage someone by making them excited about and interested in something: Her interest in art was stimulated by her father.stimulate somebody to do something An inspiring teacher can stimulate students to succeed.3to make a plant or part of the body become active or stronger OPP suppress: Light stimulates plant growth.—stimulative /-lətɪv $ -leɪtɪv/ adjective—stimulation /ˌstɪmjəˈleɪʃən/ noun [uncountable]: Children need variety and stimulation.
WORD ORIGINstimulate
Origin:
1500-1600 Latin past participle of stimulare, from stimulus; ➔ STIMULUSVERB TABLE
stimulate
| Simple Form | ||
| Present | I, you, we, they | stimulate |
| he, she, it | stimulates | |
| Past | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | stimulated |
| Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have stimulated |
| he, she, it | has stimulated | |
| Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had stimulated |
| Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will stimulate |
| Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have stimulated |
| Continuous Form | ||
| Present | I | am stimulating |
| he, she, it | is stimulating | |
| you, we, they | are stimulating | |
| Past | I, he, she, it | was stimulating |
| you, we, they | were stimulating | |
| Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have been stimulating |
| he, she, it | has been stimulating | |
| Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had been stimulating |
| Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will be stimulating |
| Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have been stimulating |
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES
- City leaders hope the amusement park will stimulate tourism.
- The activities are designed to stimulate classroom discussions.
- The herb echinacea seems to stimulate the body's immune system.
- Another part of the economy was stimulated by the need to provide a labour force to grow this flourishing crop.
- George has tried stimulating the right temporal lobe while showing patients such actors' faces depicting a standard emotion like disgust.
- He never shared the extreme supply-siders' faith that tax cuts would pay for themselves by stimulating faster growth.
- I had eaten with Minna, but the cold had stimulated my appetite again.
- Tax is a powerful mechanism for stimulating change.
- There are two possible explanations: the online environment either created a new demand or stimulated an existing inherent need.
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COLLOCATIONS FROM THE ENTRY the president’s plan to stimulate economic growth Her interest in art was stimulated by her father.COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
1to encourage or help an activity to begin or develop further OPP suppressstimulate growth/demand/the economy etc the president’s plan to stimulate economic growth Her interest in art was stimulated by her father.· Greater government spending may stimulate economic growth.
(=make someone use their imagination)· The aim of the exhibition is to stimulate people's imagination.
· The government has cut taxes in order to stimulate investment.
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSADVERB· Good journalism can also stimulate change or action from politicians and from society at large.· The brutalising environment that ferments prison disorder also stimulates industrial unrest among prison officers.· It also stimulated scientific research by providing a definite name for something that previously had not had a satisfactory title.· Such delay and concentration also stimulates new perceptions.· Knowledge of theatre-goers also stimulates one to consider other similar types of entertainment and culture.· Yet this trend has also stimulated resistance.
· This process was further stimulated by the massive increase in state purchase of military and industrial equipment during the Second World War.· The intention in suggesting them is to stimulate further thought about other possible frames.· This was stimulated further by additional supplementation with phosphate, especially in the colon and faeces.
NOUN· For good measure, she's famous for her ability to stimulate creative inspiration, too.
· In man and other species, there is accumulating evidence that gastrin stimulates acid secretion by releasing histamine.· However, a decline in pentagastrin stimulated gastric acid secretion with age was seen in those subjects with superficial gastritis also.· Further characterisation of the non-ethanolic component of beer and wine that stimulates acid and gastrin secretion needs to be carried out.· Cholesterol was added to increase the intestinal concentration of bile acids, because dietary cholesterol stimulates bile acid synthesis in rats.· Early studies by Cooke showed that ethanol in concentrations of 1% to 20% did not stimulate gastric acid secretion.· Omeprazole works differently, inhibiting the enzyme that pumps acid out of gut cells regardless of what stimulates acid production.
· A wide range of activities will stimulate wide-ranging discussion.
· It merely seems to stimulate the body to produce more and more to match the daily need.· If you decide to give massage a try, be careful: Massage can be either sedating or stimulating to the body.· The use of the needles is said to stimulate your body into rebalancing itself.· Homoeopathy, on the other hand, stimulates the body to heal itself and its use can be truly curative.
· Exercise stimulates the brain so, in general, students who exercise regularly will look and be fit.· Like cocaine and amphetamine, alcohol directly stimulates certain brain cells.· So, if we stimulate the brains of animals, we can not know what sorts of sensation they are having.· In reality, alcohol directly stimulates the brain and exerts a host of more complicated effects as well.
· The cocktail did not stimulate efflux from cells transfected with the vector pREP8.· Like cocaine and amphetamine, alcohol directly stimulates certain brain cells.· It is used to stimulate the white blood cells.· Nicotine appears to stimulate brain cells in nearly the same way that cocaine does, new research finds.· Firstly, it contains special nutrients that will effectively stimulate skin cell activity and so repair past damage.· No one knows why this association exists; fat tissue could contain more estrogen, which can stimulate cell growth.· These neurotransmitters stimulate the postsynaptic nerve cells at specialised sites called receptors.· Transcription of the gene in F9 stem cells is low but can be stimulated by treating the cells with retinoic acid.
· However, you also need to give yourself a flying start by stimulating the circulation through massage and natural herbal extracts.· This contact creates a pumping action which stimulates correct blood circulation in the foot.· Dry body brushing stimulates circulation and shifts pollutants to the kidneys for elimination.· Face packs are designed to balance skin secretions, to stimulate the circulation and to moisturise and tighten the skin.· By now you will have stimulated the circulation enough to move on to the next stage, which is kneading.· They are designed to stimulate the circulation which in turn helps to eliminate the toxins and fatty particles.· Taking moderate exercise will stimulate your circulation and release the natural chemicals which make you feel relaxed and invigorated.· Massage, particularly aromatherapy, stimulates circulation in much the same way.
· There are two possible explanations: the online environment either created a new demand or stimulated an existing inherent need.· Ever-increasing demand stimulated a great viticultural expansion in the last half of the fourteenth century.
· This entailed a responsibility to stimulate the growth and development of new economic enterprises.· In turn, this stimulated development of switches and routers to accommodate the increasing demands of the networks.· This inhibits the growth of a market which would stimulate local economic development and so promote the expansion of manufacturing firms.· But the policy emphasis was always on job creation stimulated by economic development rather than on direct assistance to the unemployed.· Indirectly, this helped to stimulate industrial development.· The models used are well chosen for the remedies studied and could stimulate the development of further experiments along similar lines.
· Monetary policy hasn't been working because interest rates have been reduced to almost zero without stimulating the economy.· The station, through its deejays, came to symbolize and help stimulate the segregated economy of Memphis.· This increase in export earnings will stimulate the domestic economy.· Water in Bio2 was diverted from one locality to another like so much federal spending meant to stimulate a regional economy.· In July, an anti-corruption drive was also launched to stimulate the economy.· Are we willing to sacrifice our kids for the sake of stimulating our economy?· And as Haji's factory shows, creating a market for the goods can stimulate the local economy.
· Monopolistic trading companies, a state bank, efforts to stimulate industrial development; none of these had much success.· But no one denies that it will take enormous effort to keep her stimulated and well.· The government concentrated on efforts to stimulate economic growth and industrial investment and to enlarge the role of the private sector.
· A fuller acceptance of the concept of open government would stimulate discussion of public policy inside and outside Parliament.· There are, of course, devices available to the government to stimulate innovation, and we discuss some of these below.· One obvious policy for the achievement of this objective is for government to stimulate aggregate demand by some means or other.· And we will act where a push by government is needed to stimulate the provision of childcare.
· It has been suggested that the growth of environmentalism was stimulated by the anti-materialistic philosophy that found its expression in neo-Lamarckism.
· Several hormones may stimulate platelet activating factor biosynthesis invitro.· Most tumors secrete hormones that stimulate new vessel growth around them, to speed delivery of oxygen-rich blood.· Arousal may arise from the appeal of the goal, the feelings that it engenders, the hormones it stimulates.· Under these circumstances, thirst and antidiuretic hormone secretion would be stimulated or inhibited in parallel.· But they can also mimic the hormone or block or stimulate its action in adults.
· In the continuous process thus engendered one sees how true theory stimulates ideas about what may be, in realms as yet unexplored.· They stimulate ideas for possible improvements.· One painting stimulates ideas for another so we never consciously have to plan the day - it happens.· On the other hand, it is our task here to make concrete suggestions as well as to stimulate ideas.· An individual who has no product knowledge but has imagination can often stimulate ideas.· The leaders of our nation do however have a charge to stimulate discussion and ideas if none is forthcoming from the industrialists.· The shapes of the new compact lamps have helped to stimulate ideas in the design of fittings.
· I want to offer them light, colour, romance, and to stimulate their imaginations.· The march to Paris at the end of the Napoleonic Wars had stimulated the imagination of a significant number of Tsarist officers.· This stimulates the note-maker's imagination and also tends to make the note memorable.
· This, of course, stimulated the jam-making industry considerably.· The war had stimulated the chemical industry and the related synthetic textile industries.· Oil had stimulated new industry, cities were being modernized rapidly and ambitious plans promised change in the countryside.· He plans to introduce new grants, government loans and schemes to stimulate the new technical industries.
· He thought of Hugo's ability to excite interest, to stimulate thought.· To be sure, many of those calls were orchestrated by political interest groups and stimulated by irate talk show hosts.· The interests which stimulated their innovation and guided their development and use were primarily those of political administration rather than the strictly academic.· It is obvious from the above that researchers are drawn to research in areas which interest and stimulate them.
· The railways stimulated capital investment, entrepreneurial adventure, and the money market.· Trouble is, they are the wrong songs: The supply-side view that tax cuts stimulate investment is simply not clearly demonstrated.· Public investment will modernise services, help business and industry and stimulate private investment.· Indeed, for many municipalities a concern with cost containment and with stimulating private investment became a practical necessity.· I know that he appreciates the importance of infrastructure improvements to stimulate and encourage inward investment.· The key to meeting this challenge was to stimulate private investment in the city.
· This inhibits the growth of a market which would stimulate local economic development and so promote the expansion of manufacturing firms.
· Nicotine is a powerful drug which stimulates the production of adrenaline, increasing the heart beat rate and blood pressure.· The purpose of dress-down days is to stimulate production.· Traditionally vaccines use living or killed forms of an organism to stimulate the production of antibodies which protect the person from infection.· Unlike cortisone, which also reduces inflammation, Adequan seems to stimulate the production of new tissue in a damaged tendon.· Instead of stimulating production by giving people incentives, we collectivized them.· Omeprazole works differently, inhibiting the enzyme that pumps acid out of gut cells regardless of what stimulates acid production.· Transfer activities, which concentrate on both written and spoken skills, stimulate active language production.
· Second, the elimination of exchange rate uncertainty will stimulate the manufacturing sectors of member countries.· Third, the elimination of exchange rate uncertainty will stimulate competitive forces in the union.
· The mechanism by which H pylori infection stimulates the release of G17 is not known.· Pure ethanol does not stimulate gastrin release in humans.· This all-or-none response seems to arise through a positive feedback effect whereby calcium stimulates its own release.
· It also stimulated scientific research by providing a definite name for something that previously had not had a satisfactory title.· Established in 1975, the fund aims to stimulate research into all elements of the book world.
· This negative and careless attitude on the part of the teacher can only help to stimulate a negative response among his students.· Following Rothermere's defection, radical voices within the movement suggested the use of open anti-semitism to stimulate popular response.· It attempts, by tackling childhood thematically, across time, to stimulate new responses through sometimes startling juxtapositions of images.
· The exact reason why beverages with higher ethanol content do not stimulate acid secretion is also not known.· In man and other species, there is accumulating evidence that gastrin stimulates acid secretion by releasing histamine.· Beverages with higher alcohol content such as whisky and cognac did not stimulate acid secretion.· However, a decline in pentagastrin stimulated gastric acid secretion with age was seen in those subjects with superficial gastritis also.· After premedication with atropine intravenous ethanol failed to stimulate acid secretion.· Further characterisation of the non-ethanolic component of beer and wine that stimulates acid and gastrin secretion needs to be carried out.· This is because the very low concentrations of these substances present in beer failed to stimulate acid secretion.· Early studies by Cooke showed that ethanol in concentrations of 1% to 20% did not stimulate gastric acid secretion.
· The therapy aims to stimulate the nervous system by body massage and manipulation.· Images serve as cues stimulating the nervous system, causing muscles to respond subconsciously.· These fractions were shown to stimulate a basal transcription system, reconstituted from highly purified fractions hTFIIIB and hTFIIIC.
· In addition there would be some further tax relief to stimulate growth which could then be supplied through home production.· Trouble is, they are the wrong songs: The supply-side view that tax cuts stimulate investment is simply not clearly demonstrated.
VERB· We want to stress that this vision is designed to stimulate thought and debate.· The drug's designed to stimulate the body's own defence system to fight the virus.· They are designed to stimulate the circulation which in turn helps to eliminate the toxins and fatty particles.
· Should this still fail to stimulate use it may be practical to recognize an error in selection, and discard accordingly.
· This will help to stimulate the audience's interest in what you are going to say.· But our involvement can help to stimulate change there.· This negative and careless attitude on the part of the teacher can only help to stimulate a negative response among his students.· They hope that these, in turn, will help stimulate other enterprises.· By easing cashflow pressures, it could help stimulate a change of culture in this potential growth area towards capital projects.· Naturopathy: a system of medicine involving different natural methods which help to stimulate the body's vital force.· His work has helped stimulate a major rethink in this area.· Its superb massaging fingers will tone up problem areas such as hips and thighs and also help to stimulate your blood supply.
· Education for Gifted Students is intended to stimulate interest in gifted and talented education and to encourage widespread participation in developing it.
· I tried to meditate to stimulate my faith but gave up.· In such a scheme, the clusters would work together and try to stimulate each other.· George has tried stimulating the right temporal lobe while showing patients such actors' faces depicting a standard emotion like disgust.
the president’s plan to stimulate economic growth2to encourage someone by making them excited about and interested in something: Her interest in art was stimulated by her father.stimulate somebody to do something An inspiring teacher can stimulate students to succeed.3to make a plant or part of the body become active or stronger OPP suppress: Light stimulates plant growth.—stimulative /-lətɪv $ -leɪtɪv/ adjective—stimulation /ˌstɪmjəˈleɪʃən/ noun [uncountable]: Children need variety and stimulation.