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to boost community spirit

to boost community spirit

2.9
To make people in a town or neighbourhood feel closer and more willing to help each other
  • phrasal verb
translation icon : fomentar el espíritu comunitario
  • The town organized a festival to boost community spirit after the recent floods.

Examples

  • A charity walk can boost community spirit and bring people together for a good cause.

  • Volunteers helped repaint the playground to boost community spirit in the neighborhood.

  • Let's boost our community spirit this weekend!

  • The event aims to boost community spirit among residents.

  • The town organized a festival to boost community spirit after the recent floods.

  • A charity walk can boost community spirit and bring people together for a good cause.

  • Volunteers helped repaint the playground to boost community spirit in the neighborhood.

Synonyms

to boost morale
vsto boost community spirit
5 3.7

Make people feel more confident and positive

focuses on building unity and participation among members of the same group
to bring everyone together
vsto boost community spirit
3 3.4

To make a group feel part of the same community

also increases enthusiasm and active participation beyond simple unity

Antonyms

to discourage
257 3.5

To try to stop something by making people less willing to do it

to diminish
89 4.7

Make a person or thing seem less important

How Strong

to galvanize
39 6.7
to boost community spirit
2.9

Surface Forms

boost infinitive
boosted past
boosted past participle
boosting present participle
boosts third person singular

Morphology

boost + community + spirit

The meaning is directly derived from combining 'boost' (to raise/improve) with 'community spirit' (the community's enthusiasm or morale). This is a straightforward verb + noun-phrase composition that mirrors similar expressions in other languages, so a B1 learner who knows the constituent words will readily understand it.

Etymology

Boost community spirit creates a simple picture: imagine someone giving a lift to a whole group, like starting a cheer or fixing a park so neighbours smile and meet. Because boost is a lift and community spirit is the group's mood, the phrase means 'to increase enthusiasm, unity, and participation'.