to spark
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3.4
- verb
- /spɑrk/
:
provocar
- The unexpected news sparked a lively debate in the community.
- spark interest
- spark controversy
- spark a debate
And that's where that love of learning really sparks and begins to grow.
- And that's where that love of learning really sparks and begins to grow.
- Whoever translated that really meant sparking happiness, right?
- You only need one story to spark the next thing in your career.
- I mean, what do you, it has to spark a question on what is consciousness?
- And so we create these, you know, things that spark conversation.
- All it takes is one of those instances to spark an innovation.
- So I hope that this begins to spark or continue a conversation.
- Unreal that kind of sparked with viewers.
- For certain individuals, not all that sparked some issues.
Examples
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All it takes is one of those instances to spark an innovation.
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And that's where that love of learning really sparks and begins to grow.
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And so I think that can help spark the initial ideas.
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You only need one story to spark the next thing in your career.
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And we're lucky to have Gary here to spark the the conversation.
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A simple question that can spark profound change.
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The teachers incorporated their ideas and tried to spark new ones with provocations.
Academic text (2015) -
Develop text-dependent questions and ideas for annotation that will spark discussion among students.
Academic text (2015) -
The desirability of regulating firearms continues to spark debate at the national level in the United States.
Academic text (2017) -
While the beef-eaters perhaps won the battle in 1700, the debates sparked 300 years ago still resonate today.
Academic text (2011)
Synonyms
715
3.6
To make a machine, system, or account start working
426
4.5
To start something such as a project or discussion
422
4.2
To cause something to start or happen
168
5.3
Cause a process, event, or feeling to start
131
3.1
To cause something to start or happen
131
3.7
To make someone feel a strong emotion
115
3.7
Cause a reaction or feeling
70
4.1
Make people feel excited and ready to act
47
4.4
To cause strong feelings in someone
39
6.7
To make people feel shocked and excited so they act
31
7.5
To cause something to happen suddenly before it was expected
26
6.9
To make a feeling or situation start
15
7.4
Make an event or strong reaction start suddenly
8
4.2
Help a project, plan, or the economy begin quickly
1
3.9
To cause a sudden event or strong reaction to begin
1
5.0
Make someone feel very excited and interested in something
1
5.1
To cause something to start suddenly
1
7.3
To make a machine start working
Something that causes a sudden, unexpected event or change
To make something start to burn, like a fire or a strong feeling
Antonyms
Idioms
Phrasal Verbs
1
5.3
To start a sudden large change in a country's government or how people live
Compounds
- Specialized
16
3.5
A small part in a car engine that makes a tiny electric flash to light the fuel and air
- Specialized
1
7.8
A device with a gap between metal parts where an electrical spark can jump
- Specialized
The timing of the spark that lights the fuel and air in an engine, measured by the piston's position
- Specialized
A metal mesh fitted on a chimney that stops sparks escaping and reduces fire risk
- Specialized
A device that makes tiny sparks when particles from radiation pass through it
How Strong
201
4.3
- NSFW
72
7.7
66
4.0
422
4.2
154
3.4
217
3.6
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1.6
Surface Forms
Etymology
The word spark comes from the image of a small flash that can start a big fire, like the spark from a match. So to spark an idea or action is to give it a quick start or trigger, as a tiny flash begins a larger event.