to jump-start motivation
- phrasal verb
- /ˈdʒʌmpˌstɑrt məˌtɪˈveɪʃən/
:
reactivar la motivación
- A new project can often jump-start motivation among employees who feel stuck in a routine.
Examples
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Attending a workshop helped her jump-start motivation for her creative writing.
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The coach planned a surprise event to jump-start motivation before the big game.
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We need to jump-start motivation in our team!
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She jump-started motivation among the students.
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A new project can often jump-start motivation among employees who feel stuck in a routine.
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Attending a workshop helped her jump-start motivation for her creative writing.
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The coach planned a surprise event to jump-start motivation before the big game.
Synonyms
837
3.2
Cause someone to feel excited and ready to act
437
3.5
Make someone want to do something
236
3.7
Make a person or thing more active, alert and responsive
81
4.1
To encourage someone to take action or try harder
70
4.1
Make people feel excited and ready to act
65
3.7
To make someone feel more active and alert
45
4.7
To make someone want to do something
28
4.1
Make someone feel excited and full of energy
26
5.5
To give more energy and make someone or something feel lively
19
5.7
To give new energy and interest to a person or thing
16
3.1
Become more lively and cheerful after feeling tired or sad
16
3.8
To make a stopped activity or project begin again with energy
9
4.7
To make something begin or become active quickly and with energy
8
4.2
Help a project, plan, or the economy begin quickly
5
3.7
Make people feel more confident and positive
4
3.8
To start something quickly and give it extra energy to grow
3
4.1
To give new energy and enthusiasm to a person or thing
1
5.0
Make someone feel very excited and interested in something
To make someone feel excited or interested again
To make someone feel excited and ready to try new things
Make a feeling, interest, or memory strong again
Make people more interested and eager about something
Make an event like a party more lively and exciting
To work much harder and faster to get something done
Antonyms
How Motivated
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6.7
837
3.2
437
3.5
∞
2.3
24
4.1
Surface Forms
Morphology
jump-start + motivation
The phrase is compositionally predictable: 'jump-start' is transparently built from 'jump' + 'start' meaning to give a sudden start or boost, and applied to 'motivation' yields 'to energize or renew motivation.' This metaphoric boosting is common across languages and follows an obvious English compounding pattern, so a B1 learner who knows the constituents should be able to infer the meaning.
Etymology
The phrase jump-start motivation comes from the picture of jump-starting a car: you use a quick boost from another battery to make a dead car 'start again'. So to jump-start motivation is to give someone a quick boost that makes their motivation or energy 'start again'.