to jumpstart
- verb
- /ˈdʒʌmpˌstɑrt/
- To revive his stalled business, he decided to jumpstart his marketing strategy with a new advertising campaign.
Maybe this is a way to start to jumpstart or get some of the network effects in here.
- Maybe this is a way to start to jumpstart or get some of the network effects in here.
Examples
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Teacher librarians can use this website to jumpstart inquiry-based learning projects and get students thinking about questioning.
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It's going to take more than a presidential election to jumpstart the economy.
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That could jumpstart your career.
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I think that a change of pace will jumpstart my writing and Silver Lake seems like the perfect place.
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Discussion questions are provided to jumpstart a conversation about the body system.
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Important to keep in mind: funding is often needed to jumpstart new technologies.
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Simple acts can help jumpstart the initiative of saving our planet.
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Use this book and map to jumpstart a discussion of the role maps can play in a wide range of scientific investigations.
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Bridges to nowhere: We have a recession; to jumpstart the economy, we need some massive spending.
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Makryniotis is determined to help budding entrepreneurs jumpstart private sector development in Greece.
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Synonyms
To make a machine, system, or account start working
Start something again after it stops or is interrupted
To make a machine or system begin to work
Start a project or business successfully so it begins to work
To make a stopped activity or project begin again with energy
To make an interest, feeling, or activity start again after it stopped
Help a project, plan, or the economy begin quickly
To start something again after it stops or after you change it
To start something quickly and give it extra energy to grow
To give new energy and enthusiasm to a person or thing
Start a computer system or service so it is ready to use
To start a process or system again after it stopped
Make something active again, for example the economy or your interest
Make a feeling, interest, or memory strong again
Antonyms
How Energetic
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Morphology
Etymology
Jumpstart uses the picture of giving a car a sudden battery 'jump' to start, so it means to give a project, business, or plan a quick boost to make it 'start' moving again.