{
    "term": "stimulate",
    "partOfSpeech": "verb",
    "ox5000": true,
    "cefr": "b2",
    "verbForms": {
        "presentSimple": {
            "iYouWeThey": "stimulate",
            "heSheIt": "stimulates"
        },
        "pastSimple": "stimulated",
        "pastParticiple": "stimulated",
        "ingForm": "stimulating"
    },
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "to make something develop or become more active; to encourage something",
            "sensetop": "stimulate something",
            "cefr": "b2",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "The exhibition has stimulated interest in her work."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The article can be used to stimulate discussion among students."
                },
                {
                    "text": "a government package designed to stimulate economic growth"
                },
                {
                    "text": "The economy is recovering, stimulated in part by government spending."
                },
                {
                    "text": "This tax policy is artificially stimulating demand."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Any increase in industrial activity will stimulate demand for electricity."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The company is trying to stimulate confidence amongst its investors."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The course will stimulate interest in the development of modern society."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The first workshop is intended to stimulate ideas."
                },
                {
                    "text": "This new government initiative is designed to stimulate economic growth."
                }
            ],
            "collocations": {
                "adverb": ["greatly", "significantly", "strongly"],
                "verb + stimulate": ["help (to)", "be designed to", "be intended to"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "to make somebody interested and excited about something",
            "sensetop": "stimulate somebodystimulate somebody to do something",
            "cefr": "c1",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "Parents should give children books that stimulate them.",
                    "contextForm": "stimulate somebody"
                },
                {
                    "text": "Both men and women are stimulated by erotic photos *(= sexually)*."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The conference stimulated him to study the subject in more depth.",
                    "contextForm": "stimulate somebody to do something"
                },
                {
                    "text": "These materials are designed to stimulate students intellectually."
                },
                {
                    "text": "activities designed to stimulate the children intellectually"
                },
                {
                    "text": "Stimulate the patient to activity but don't push him too hard."
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Feelings"],
            "collocations": {
                "adverb": ["greatly", "significantly", "strongly"],
                "verb + stimulate": ["help (to)", "be designed to", "be intended to"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 3,
            "definition": "to make a part of the body function",
            "sensetop": "stimulate something",
            "labels": "(specialist)",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "The women were given fertility drugs to stimulate the ovaries."
                }
            ]
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈstɪmjuleɪt/",
                "audio": "st/stimulate/stimulate__gb_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈstɪmjuleɪts/",
                "audio": "st/stimulate/stimulates__gb_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈstɪmjuleɪtɪd/",
                "audio": "st/stimulate/stimulated__gb_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈstɪmjuleɪtɪŋ/",
                "audio": "st/stimulate/stimulating__gb_1.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈstɪmjuleɪt/",
                "audio": "st/stimulate/stimulate__us_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈstɪmjuleɪts/",
                "audio": "st/stimulate/stimulates__us_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈstɪmjuleɪtɪd/",
                "audio": "st/stimulate/stimulated__us_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈstɪmjuleɪtɪŋ/",
                "audio": "st/stimulate/stimulating__us_1.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "mid 16th cent. (in the sense ‘sting, afflict’): from Latin stimulat- ‘urged, goaded’, from the verb stimulare."
}