to find inspiration
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4.2
- phrasal verb
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encontrar inspiración
- Many artists find inspiration in nature to create their masterpieces.
- students find inspiration
So I'm always inspired by where you find inspiration.
- So I'm always inspired by where you find inspiration.
- Like, you know, I'm very open to finding inspiration as new projects get made and new businesses advance.
- I am really fortunate to have found inspiration for this symposium in Jim Mullins, the Dean of Libraries at Purdue.
- So that's that's that's the great thing about that is a lot of people are they found inspiration from what I've been through.
- And you know, we hope that you'll find inspiration in some of these questions as looking forward within this field there.
- I do think that you're my living space, for example, and where I work and find inspiration is really important to me.
Examples
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Flip through the top fashion magazines to find inspiration and ideas on current trends and styles.
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To innovate, scientists and engineers find inspiration in the arts.
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To help students find inspiration, ask them to close their eyes and picture their favorite place to be.
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Why did he seem to find inspiration in everything he saw?
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I found inspiration in these people, one of whom turned out to be the woman who had eight children.
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Another strategy that can help our students find inspiration is to plan lessons that balance the "doing" of music with the "learning about" music.
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With their national identity threatened, many Danes found inspiration in the work of Danish artists.
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Another way to find inspiration and replenish your idea well is to attend writers' conferences.
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After reading the mentor texts, she found inspiration to write and modeled her writing after the pieces we loved so much.
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I am really fortunate to have found inspiration for this symposium in Jim Mullins, the Dean of Libraries at Purdue.
Synonyms
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3.5
Get creative ideas or motivation from something
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6.8
Help your mind start thinking of new ideas
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7.9
To feel more energetic and creative and ready to work or think
Antonyms
How Inspired
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning 'to discover or encounter ideas that stimulate creativity' is directly and transparently derived from combining 'find' (to discover) with 'inspiration' (creative motivation); a B1 learner who knows both words can infer this sense. This verb + noun collocation follows a common compositional pattern and is cross-linguistically familiar, so prior exposure is not necessary for comprehension.
Etymology
Find inspiration comes from an old idea of the verb inspire, which meant 'to breathe in' or to give someone a new breath; imagine a fresh breath filling you with energy and ideas. So to find inspiration is to discover something that gives you creative energy or makes you want to create.