{
    "term": "boost",
    "partOfSpeech": "verb",
    "ox5000": true,
    "cefr": "b2",
    "verbForms": {
        "presentSimple": {
            "iYouWeThey": "boost",
            "heSheIt": "boosts"
        },
        "pastSimple": "boosted",
        "pastParticiple": "boosted",
        "ingForm": "boosting"
    },
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "to make something increase, or become better or more successful",
            "sensetop": "boost something",
            "cefr": "b2",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "to boost exports/profits"
                },
                {
                    "text": "to boost productivity/spending"
                },
                {
                    "text": "The movie helped boost her screen career."
                },
                {
                    "text": "to **boost somebody’s confidence/morale**"
                },
                {
                    "text": "Getting that job did a lot to **boost his ego** *(= make him feel more confident)*."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The new service helped boost pre-tax profits by 10%."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The total was boosted to nearly $200 by donations from parents."
                },
                {
                    "text": "an attempt to boost the number of barn owls living in the wild"
                },
                {
                    "text": "to boost her chances of winning next month's election"
                },
                {
                    "text": "A last-minute rush by Christmas shoppers boosted sales."
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Success", "Change, cause and effect"],
            "collocations": {
                "adverb": ["considerably", "dramatically", "greatly"],
                "verb + boost": ["help (to)"],
                "preposition": ["to"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "to steal something",
            "sensetop": "boost something",
            "labels": "(North American English, informal, becoming old-fashioned)",
            "examples": []
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/buːst/",
                "audio": "bo/boost/boost__gb_2.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/buːsts/",
                "audio": "bo/boost/boosts__gb_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈbuːstɪd/",
                "audio": "bo/boost/boosted__gb_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈbuːstɪŋ/",
                "audio": "bo/boost/boosting__gb_1.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/buːst/",
                "audio": "bo/boost/boost__us_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/buːsts/",
                "audio": "bo/boost/boosts__us_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈbuːstɪd/",
                "audio": "bo/boost/boosted__us_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈbuːstɪŋ/",
                "audio": "bo/boost/boosting__us_1.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "early 19th cent. (originally US, in sense (4)): of unknown origin."
}