stimulate

stimuler, encourager

Encourager quelqu’un à agir ou favoriser le développement d’une activité.

En anglais simple : To encourage someone to act or make an activity grow.

• Lower prices stimulate demand.
• The government cut taxes to stimulate the economy.
• New investment has stimulated growth in the region.

Comment l'utiliser : stimulate someone to do something (The grant stimulated local companies to invest in training.)

Synonymes : encourage, boost, promote, spur

Contraires : discourage, hinder

Expressions courantes : stimulate the economy, stimulate growth, stimulate demand

stimuler, éveiller

Donner à quelqu’un de l’intérêt, de l’enthousiasme ou l’envie de réfléchir.

En anglais simple : To make someone feel interested, excited, or eager to think.

• The story stimulated her imagination.
• These questions stimulate children's curiosity.
• Does the course stimulate students intellectually?

Synonymes : interest, excite, inspire

Contraires : bore

Expressions courantes : stimulate interest, stimulate curiosity, stimulate someone's imagination

stimuler

Faire fonctionner un être vivant ou une partie du corps de façon plus active ou plus intense.

En anglais simple : To make a living thing or part of the body become active or work more strongly.

• The medicine stimulates digestion.
• Exercise can stimulate blood flow to the muscles.
• The hormone stimulated the cells to grow.

Synonymes : activate, excite

Contraires : inhibit, suppress

Expressions courantes : stimulate blood flow, stimulate the brain, stimulate muscle growth

stimuler, exciter

Agir sur une personne ou une chose pour la faire réagir.

En anglais simple : To cause a person or thing to react by doing something to it.

• Light stimulates the sensor.
• A gentle touch stimulated a response.
• The experiment used sound to stimulate a reaction.

Comment l'utiliser : stimulate someone/something with something (The technician stimulated the sensor with a brief flash of light.)

Synonymes : activate, excite

Contraires : inhibit

Expressions courantes : stimulate a response, stimulate a nerve, stimulate with something