Meaning

6 senses
  1. (transitive)To lift or push from behind (one who is endeavoring to climb); to push up.

    schieben, drücken

    подталкиватьpodtalkivatʹ, давать толчокdavatʹ tolčok

    push or shove upward, as if from below or behind

  2. (broadly, transitive)To help or encourage (something) to increase or improve; to assist in overcoming obstacles.

    This campaign will boost your chances of winning the election.

    anspornen, verstärken

  3. (slang, transitive)To steal.

    klauen, stehlen

  4. (Canada, transitive)To jump-start a vehicle by using cables to connect the battery in a running vehicle to the battery in a vehicle that won't start.

  5. (transitive)To give a booster shot to.

    give a boost to; be beneficial to

  6. (transitive)To amplify; to signal boost.

Examples

92 sentences
  1. It was a great boost to the economy.

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  2. I think I can reach the branch if you'll give me a boost.

    ruДумаю, если ты мне подсобишь, я смогу дотянуться до ветки.

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  3. Give me a boost.

    ruПоддержи меня.

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  4. Keeping clean can boost your confidence.

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  5. That car doesn't boost my self-confidence.

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Translations

6 languages
Русский
By meaning 1
to lift or push from behind:
Deutsch
By meaning 3
to lift or push from behind:
to help or encourage (something) to increase or improve:
to steal:

Origin

Unknown. The verb is first recorded 1815; the noun, 1825. Compare Scots boost (“to move; d

Unknown. The verb is first recorded 1815; the noun, 1825. Compare Scots boost (“to move; drive off; shoo away”), bost, boast (“to threaten; scold”), Middle English boosten, bosten (“to threaten”). Possible doublet of boast.

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Forms

boosts, boosting, boosted, boosted
Base formboost · to boost
3rd person singularboosts
Present participleboosting
Past simpleboosted
Past participleboosted

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theyboost
he, she, itboosts

Past simpleLesson

all personsboosted

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave boosted
he, she, ithas boosted

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill boost

Synonyms

7 synonyms
Close in meaning

Word family

9 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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