Dictionary entry details
• INSPIRE (verb)
Meaning:
Heighten or intensify
Classified under:
Verbs of feeling
Synonyms:
inspire; enliven; animate; invigorate; exalt
Context example:
These paintings exalt the imagination
Hypernyms (to "inspire" is one way to...):
excite; shake; shake up; stimulate; stir (stir the feelings, emotions, or peace of)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "inspire"):
encourage (inspire with confidence; give hope or courage to)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody
Sentence example:
The performance is likely to inspire Sue
Meaning:
Supply the inspiration for
Classified under:
Verbs of sewing, baking, painting, performing
Context example:
The article about the artist inspired the exhibition of his recent work
Hypernyms (to "inspire" is one way to...):
occasion (give occasion to)
Sentence frame:
Something ----s something
Meaning:
Serve as the inciting cause of
Classified under:
Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing
Synonyms:
instigate; prompt; inspire
Context example:
She prompted me to call my relatives
Hypernyms (to "inspire" is one way to...):
cause; get; have; induce; make; stimulate (cause to do; cause to act in a specified manner)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s somebody to INFINITIVE
Sentence example:
They inspire him to write the letter
Meaning:
Urge on or encourage especially by shouts
Classified under:
Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing
Synonyms:
urge on; pep up; exhort; barrack; urge; inspire; cheer
Context example:
The crowd cheered the demonstrating strikers
Hypernyms (to "inspire" is one way to...):
encourage (inspire with confidence; give hope or courage to)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "inspire"):
cheerlead (act as a cheerleader in a sports event)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s somebody
Sentence example:
They inspire him to write the letter
Meaning:
Fill with revolutionary ideas
Classified under:
Verbs of thinking, judging, analyzing, doubting
Synonyms:
revolutionise; revolutionize; inspire
Hypernyms (to "inspire" is one way to...):
indoctrinate (teach doctrines to; teach uncritically)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody
Meaning:
Draw in (air)
Classified under:
Verbs of grooming, dressing and bodily care
Synonyms:
breathe in; inhale; inspire
Context examples:
Inhale deeply / inhale the fresh mountain air / The patient has trouble inspiring / The lung cancer patient cannot inspire air very well
Hypernyms (to "inspire" is one way to...):
breathe; respire; suspire; take a breath (draw air into, and expel out of, the lungs)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "inspire"):
aspirate (suck in (air))
sniff; sniffle (inhale audibly through the nose)
snivel; snuffle (snuff up mucus through the nose)
snuff (inhale audibly through the nose)
drag; draw; puff (suck in or take (air))
huff; snort (inhale recreational drugs)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s something
