Meaning

5 senses
  1. (transitive)To prod (especially a horse) on the side or flank, with the intent to urge motion or haste, to gig.

    die Sporen geben

    пришпо́риватьprišpórivatʹ, пришпо́ритьprišpóritʹ

  2. (transitive)To urge or encourage to action, or to a more vigorous pursuit of an object

    anspornen

    подгоня́тьpodgonjátʹ, побужда́тьpobuždátʹ

  3. (transitive)To put spurs on.

    to spur boots

    mit Sporen versehen

    goad with spurs

  4. (intransitive)To press forward; to travel in great haste.

  5. To form a spur (senses 17-18 of the noun)

    strike with a spur

Examples

29 sentences
  1. I think tax cuts can spur growth.

  2. More money for education will spur economic growth.

    ruБольше денег на образование будет стимулировать экономический рост. — stifler86

    deHöhere Ausgaben im Bildungssektor werden die Wirtschaft ankurbeln. — lilygilder

  3. I think that tax cuts can spur growth.

  4. Algeria's economic growth spurred demand in real estate.

  5. I try to spur you on to improve.

Translations

7 languages
Русский
By meaning 2
to prod:
to urge or encourage to action:
Deutsch
By meaning 3
to prod:
to urge or encourage to action:
to put spurs on:

Origin

From Middle English spure, spore, from Old English spora, spura, from Proto-West Germanic

From Middle English spure, spore, from Old English spora, spura, from Proto-West Germanic *spurō, from Proto-Germanic *spurô, from Proto-Indo-European *sperH- (“to kick”).

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Forms

spurs, spurring, spurred, spurred
Base formspur · to spur
3rd person singularspurs
Present participlespurring
Past simplespurred
Past participlespurred

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theyspur
he, she, itspurs

Past simpleLesson

all personsspurred

Present perfectLesson

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

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill spur

Synonyms

49 synonyms

Word family

3 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary

Dictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.

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