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say it: boost
boost is a verb and noun meaning "increase". It carries 8 recorded senses.
contribute to the progress or growth of
“I am promoting the use of computers in the classroom”
increase or raise
“boost the voltage in an electrical circuit”
push or shove upward, as if from below or behind
“The singer had to be boosted onto the stage by a special contraption”
the act of giving hope or support to someone
Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.
Definitions, synonyms and semantic relations for boost come from Princeton University’s WordNet. The pronunciation comes from the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary. Commonness is measured against a corpus of everyday English. Full sources and licences.