to spur
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4.1
- verb
- /spɜr/
:
impulsar
- Bonavita hopes his story spurs others with disabilities to consider careers in law.
- spur development
- spur growth
- spur innovation
And we have made efforts to spur development in Asia.
- And we have made efforts to spur development in Asia.
- That piece of advocacy is often what spurred this violence response.
- I mentioned that his mother spurred him to this.
- This boosted Japanese export volume and spurred economic growth.
- And he he insists to this day that he's trying to spur me on and motivate me.
- So that's what spurred him to think about this stuff.
- And this really spurred them on to attack us with much greater fury.
- So is there, is there anything new that came out of this that may spur further discovery?
- So there was this deep trauma which spurred this.
- And So what, what brought that about, you know, or what, what spurred that?
- She posits that pictures need eyes and not words and spurs us to see the familiar anew.
- Did getting your period while writing the book make you want to take a break or spur you on?
- And it helps us understand his own work, but it's also going to spur a lot of other interesting things.
- I think school's kind of set up to fail you back then rather than spur you on.
Examples
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Her scoldings only served to spur him on toward a second and even third try.
Fiction book (1992) -
And we have made efforts to spur development in Asia.
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So my goal is just to spur your own research.
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The program's objective was to increase the demand for new cars to spur production and employment.
Academic text (2011) -
So being ambitious can spur great things.
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This is why competition spurs us to do good things.
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Ratcheting down the threat assessment in this way should actually spur them to do more, not less.
Academic text (2008) -
Business investment creates jobs, lifts growth, spurs innovation and drives productivity.
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Sound instructional designs are used to spur active inquiry, higher-level thinking, habits of mind, and creativity.
Academic text (2011) -
The coach's encouragement spurred the team to perform their best in the final match.
Synonyms
∞
3.6
To cause someone to want to do something strongly
958
1.1
To urge someone to do something or try harder
591
3.2
To strongly encourage someone to do something
437
3.5
Make someone want to do something
217
3.6
Make someone do or say something
45
4.7
To make someone want to do something
39
6.7
To make people feel shocked and excited so they act
24
4.1
To gently encourage someone to try something new
16
7.7
To strongly encourage someone to do something
14
6.9
To urge someone to act by annoying or teasing them
Encourage someone gently to start doing something
Antonyms
Idioms
Compounds
- Specialized
A short rail line that turns off a main line to reach a factory or warehouse
- Specialized
A wheel with straight teeth that fit another wheel to send power between parallel shafts
- Specialized
A disease caused by a fungus that makes raspberry stems wilt and get dark spots near the leaves
How Motivating
Surface Forms
Etymology
Spur meaning to encourage someone comes from the physical act of poking a horse; a spur gives a little 'push' that makes action happen. So to spur a person is to give them a small push or strong reason to start or try harder.