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- Dictionarystimulation/ˌstɪmjʊˈleɪʃn/
noun
- 1. encouragement of something to make it develop or become more active: "the stimulation of a revolution in intelligence affairs"
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an action or thing that causes someone or something to become more active or enthusiastic, or to develop or operate: While she was at home looking after her children, she felt deprived of intellectual stimulation. Electric stimulation can help to heal fractured bones. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases.
1. : to excite to activity or growth or to greater activity : animate, arouse. 2. a. : to function as a physiological stimulus to. b. : to arouse or affect by a stimulant (such as a drug) intransitive verb. : to act as a stimulant or stimulus. stimulation. ˌstim-yə-ˈlā-shən. noun. stimulative. ˈstim-yə-ˌlā-tiv. adjective. stimulator.
an action or thing that causes someone or something to become more active or enthusiastic, or to develop or operate: While she was at home taking care of her children, she felt deprived of intellectual stimulation. Electric stimulation can help to heal fractured bones. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases.
Stimulation definition: the act of exciting a nerve, gland, etc., to its functional activity. See examples of STIMULATION used in a sentence.
Stimulation spurs an organism to act. It can also be any specific event that causes someone to do something.
to encourage something to grow, develop, or become active: The government plans to cut taxes in order to stimulate the economy. B2 [ I or T ] to make someone excited and interested about something: The show was intended to stimulate and amuse. [ + obj + to infinitive ] Good teachers should ask questions that stimulate students to think.
the act of making somebody interested and excited about something by engaging their mind or their physical senses. Kids' interest is often caught by visual stimulation. intellectual/sensory/sexual/physical stimulation. (specialist) the act of making a part of the body function. stimulation of the ovaries.
noun. A pushing or goading toward action. Wiktionary. An activity causing excitement or pleasure. Wiktionary. (biology) Any action or condition that creates a response; sensory input. Wiktionary. Synonyms: input. stimulant. stimulus. arousal. foreplay. tittivation. titillation. refreshment. provocation. piquancy. invigoration. incitement. incentive
To rouse to action or increased activity; excite: a policy that stimulated people to protest; incentives to stimulate consumer spending. See Synonyms at provoke. 2. To increase temporarily the activity of (a body organ or system, for example). 3. To cause to be interested or engaged: Animals in zoos need to be stimulated to remain healthy. 4.
to encourage to start, begin, or to do some action: Talking to her stimulates my mind. Medicine, Physiology, Psychology, Physiology to excite (a nerve, etc.) to its functional activity: This drug stimulates the brain to produce its own hormone.
