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Definition: Boost |
BoostNoun1. The act of giving hope or support to someone. 2. An increase in cost; "they asked for a 10% rise in rates". 3. The act of giving an upward push; "he gave her a boost over the fence". Verb1. Increase; "The landlord hiked up the rents". 2. Give a boost to; be beneficial to; "The tax cut will boost the economy". 3. Contribute to the progress or growth of; "I am promoting the use of computers in the classroom". 4. Increase or raise; "boost the voltage in an electrical circuit". 5. Push or shove upward, as if from below or behind; "The singer had to be boosted onto the stage by a special contraption". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "boost" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1871. (references) |
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Aerospace | 1. Additional power, pressure, or force supplied by a booster, as, hydraulic boost, or extra propulsion given a flying vehicle during lift-off, climb, or other part of its flight as with a booster engine. 2. Boost pressure. 3. To supercharge.4. To launch or to push along during a portion of flight, as to boost a ramjet to flight speed by means of a rocket, or a rocket boosted to altitude with another rocket . (references) |
Electrical Engineering | An additional power, pressure or force supplied by a booster to a flying vehicle during lift-off, climb, or another part of its flight, as with a booster engine. Source: European Union. (references) |
| A battery. Source: European Union. (references) | |
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| The following table is compiled from various sources, across various languages. When English abbreviations or acronyms come from a non-English source, this is noted. | |||
| Entry | Source | Expression | Field |
BOOST | English | Business Opportunities with Open Systems Technologies | N/A |
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Synonyms: BoostSynonyms: cost increase (n), encouragement (n), rise (n), advance (v), encourage (v), further (v), hike (v), hike up (v), promote (v), supercharge (v). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Impulse | Verb: give an impetus; Noun: impel, push; start, give a start to, set going; drive, urge, boom; thrust, prod, foin; cant; elbow, shoulder, jostle, justle, hustle, hurtle, shove, jog, jolt, encounter; run against, bump against, butt against; knock one's head against, run one's head against; impinge; boost; bunt, carom, clip y; fan, fan out; jab, plug. |
Noun: impulse, impulsion, impetus; momentum; push, pulsion, thrust, shove, jog, jolt, brunt, booming, boost, throw; explosion; (violence); propulsion. | |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Boost |
| English words defined with "boost": Boosted, Boosting ♦ sale. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "boost": boost pressure ♦ Financial Cooperation ♦ Hedyotis diffusa ♦ immunological adjuvant ♦ safety, SPARCstation 20, Super 7, SUPERINTENDENT, COMPRESSOR STATIONS, sustainer engine, sustainer motor. (references) |
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Screenplays | And then the monster started growling at me, so I threw rocks at him, and I killed him, and then he started flying around on rocket boost, and I got to ride inside his head, and now the monster's my friend, and we wen-- and we went to get Slurpees (Malcolm in the Middle; writing credit: Daniel Frenette) | |
Lyrics | It just gives me a boost especially when this very song is so dear to me (I Hope You Dance; performing artist: LEE AN WOMACK) | |
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 | Launches a Lockheed P2V-3C "Neptune" bomber, with a JATO rocket boost, on 7 April 1949. Credit: NAVY. |  | Every knock a boost. A little careful hammer work pushes a big gun along toward completion in an eastern arsenal. The man shown is stamping the location line on a medium-caliber gun. Credit: Library of Congress. |
 | National Paint, Varnish & Lacquer Association Inc. Exhibit in Statler Hotel showing barracks before being painted to boost soldiers' morale. Credit: Library of Congress. | ||
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Grapes of Wrath | Steinbeck, John | Now the bag is heavy, boost it along |
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Health | More intensive interventions (e.g., more sessions) boost efficacy. (references) | |
She or he may also prescribe a medicine that can boost the growth of your red blood cells. (references) | ||
Some people who abuse steroids to boost muscle size have experienced physical or sexual abuse. (references) | ||
Business | The CCL should put an end to this, and boost its uptake. (references) | |
Aggressive promotion efforts will help foreign suppliers boost sales in Taiwan. (references) | ||
Hospitals now receive few subsidies, and look for niche services to boost revenues. (references) | ||
Economic History | Saudi Arabia | Motor insurance will also get a boost once it becomes mandatory. (references) |
Saudi Arabia | Automobile insurance will also get a boost once it becomes mandatory. (references) | |
Netherlands | This development is expected to further boost the use of mobile phones. (references) | |
Political Economy | Moldova | The business-to-government dialogue had a tremendous boost under previous governments. (references) |
ARGENTINA | In 1997, the government merged the customs and tax collection authorities to boost revenues and improve efficiency. (references) | |
Pakistan | Bhutto's hold on power received a further boost in November 1993, when Farooq Leghari, a PPP stalwart, was elected President. (references) | |
Trade | Jamaica | Efforts are being made to boost trade within the region through integration and regional cooperation. (references) |
Brazil | If successfully implemented, the project could open the door to other such investments in Brazil that will boost economic growth and development. (references) | |
Saudi Arabia | The stock market should also receive a boost from the adoption of a new capital markets law, which is expected to establish an independent regulator and provide greater transparency. (references) | |
Travel | Costa Rica | To serve the Guanacaste beach area, the Liberia International Airport was inaugurated in December 1991 and became fully operational in 1995. An upgraded Liberia airport to boost tourism in the Guanacaste/Gulf of Papagayo tourist area is in the works. (references) |
Worker Rights | Colombia | Many marginal, usually family-run, mining operations employ young children as a way to boost production and income. (references) |
Mexico | Government, national labor unions, and employer organizations met periodically throughout the year to discuss ways and means of cooperation to boost productivity, wages, and competitiveness. (references) | |
Lexicography | Devil's Dictionary | SAFETY-:CLUTCH:, n. A mechanical device acting automatically to prevent the fall of an elevator, or cage, in case of an accident to the hoisting apparatus. Once I seen a human ruin In an elevator-well, And his members was bestrewin' All the place where he had fell. And I says, apostrophisin' That uncommon woful wreck: "Your position's so surprisin' That I tremble for your neck!" Then that ruin, smilin' sadly And impressive, up and spoke: "Well, I wouldn't tremble badly, For it's been a fortnight broke." Then, for further comprehension Of his attitude, he begs I will focus my attention On his various arms and legs -- How they all are contumacious; Where they each, respective, lie; How one trotter proves ungracious, T'other one an alibi. These particulars is mentioned For to show his dismal state, Which I wasn't first intentioned To specifical relate. None is worser to be dreaded That I ever have heard tell Than the gent's who there was spreaded In that elevator-well. Now this tale is allegoric -- It is figurative all, For the well is metaphoric And the feller didn't fall. I opine it isn't moral For a writer-man to cheat, And despise to wear a laurel As was gotten by deceit. For 'tis Politics intended By the elevator, mind, It will boost a person splendid If his talent is the kind. Col. Bryan had the talent (For the busted man is him) And it shot him up right gallant Till his head begun to swim. Then the rope it broke above him And he painful come to earth Where there's nobody to love him For his detrimented worth. Though he's livin' none would know him, Or at leastwise not as such. Moral of this woful poem: Frequent oil your safety-clutch. Porfer Poog |
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Ronald Reagan | 1981-1989 | From thousands answering Peace Corps appeals to help boost food production in Africa, to millions volunteering time, corporations adopting schools, and communities pulling together to help the neediest among us at home, we have refound our values. |
Bill Clinton | 1993-2001 | Let's double our investments in after-school and summer school programs, which boost achievement and keep people off the streets and out of trouble. |
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| "Boost" is generally used as a lexical verb (infinitive) -- approximately 48.25% of the time. "Boost" is used about 1,743 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Lexical Verb (infinitive) | 48.25% | 841 | 8,364 |
| Noun (singular) | 46.25% | 806 | 8,639 |
| Lexical Verb (base form) | 5.16% | 90 | 34,744 |
| Noun (proper) | 0.29% | 5 | 157,705 |
| Unclassified Items | 0.06% | 1 | 339,140 |
| Total | 100.00% | 1,743 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expressions using "boost": absolute boost ♦ apogee boost motor ♦ boost exportation ♦ boost motor ♦ boost pressure ♦ boost productivity ♦ boost up ♦ boost up smb.'s courage ♦ tax boost. Additional references. | |
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Beginning with "boost": boost-regulated. | |
Ending with "boost": mid-boost. | |
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| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day | Expression | Frequency per Day |
boost mobile | 769 | cell phone boost | 44 |
boost | 464 | boost ener | 37 |
speed boost | 397 | boost moblie | 37 |
internet boost | 201 | boost your web site traffic | 36 |
ram boost | 192 | boost mobile.com | 34 |
xp boost | 174 | boost moble | 34 |
boost immune system | 134 | max boost | 33 |
modem boost | 104 | free internet boost | 31 |
boost metabolism | 103 | prepaid boost | 28 |
pc boost | 93 | boost car | 28 |
boost download | 86 | energy boost | 27 |
boost controller | 75 | boost wireless | 27 |
memory boost | 72 | boost free prepaid | 26 |
boost mobile phone | 71 | boost drink | 25 |
boost gauge | 62 | boost memory pro | 25 |
boost nextel | 61 | omega boost | 25 |
boost internet speed | 57 | manual boost controller | 24 |
boost mobil | 56 | boost commercial mobile | 24 |
male boost | 55 | buck boost transformer | 23 |
boost phone | 48 | boost nature | 22 |
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| Language | Translations for "boost"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Albanian | shtytje (dub, impulse, impulsion, impulsiveness, incitement, inducement, jostle, persuasive, poke, pressure, prompt, prompting, propulsion, push, repulsion), rritje (accretion, advance, augmentation, breeding, climb, cultivation, development, evolution, expansion, extension, gain, germination, growth, increase, increment, intensification, nurture, progress, raise, upgrowth), rrit (add to, augment, breed, bring up, enhance, expand, extend, grow, heighten, hike, improve, increase, intensify, keep, maximize, mother, raise, up), reklamoj (advertise, advertize, build up, glamorise, glamorize, glamourize, promote, publicize, push, sell), përkrahje (abetment, advocacy, aliment, backing, backup, buttress, championship, espousal, Favor, favour, furtherance, intercession, paternalism, patronage, promotion, prop, protection, push, support), ngre (build up, carve, cast up, chant, elevate, erect, establish, heft, heighten, hike, hitch, hoist, hold up, jerk up, kilt, lift, lift up, look up, move up, peak, pick up, propound, raise, rear, rebel, revolt, ring up, rout, run up, scoop up, set up, situate, soar, Square, straighten, take off, throw up, trice, up, upheave, uplift, upraise, wake up, weigh, wind up), ngjitje (adhesion, agglutination, ascension, ascent, clamber, climbing, contagion, elevation, gluing, Mount, osculation, soldering, splice, sticking, transmission, up, upbeat, upgrade, welding). (various references) | |
Arabic | قوى (anneal, be fortified, be more powerful, become mighty, become stronger, beefy, brace, cogent, confirm, consolidate, enforce, fasten, fibrous, fortify, freshen, great, grow stronger, harden, hefty, heighten, help, heroic, in power, innervate, intensify, invigorate, nerve, prop, reinforce, sinew, stiffen, strengthen, support, sustain, tighten), وصى (advise, charge, commend, executor, exhort, settle), زيادة (addition, augment, augmentation, enhancement, excess, expansion, growing, increase, increment, over, overflow, overmuch, plethora, plus, raise, redundance, redundancy, rise, superfluity, top up), زاد (add, augment, compound, dispense with, enhance, extend, get dearer, grow, heighten, increase, jump, provisions, push up, put up with smth., supplement, swell, victuals), عون (aid, assistance, backing, benefit, comfort, lift, relief, succor, succour), عزز (abound, bear out, build, carry, cement, confirm, consolidate, corroborate, enhance, extend, foster, help, promote, ram, reinforce, sustain, underpin), رفع (brace, bring to his feet, bring up, cat, crane, dismiss, elevate, elevation, exalt, expand, fork out, heave, heighten, hike, hoist, hold up, inflate, jack, lever, leverage, lift, lifting, mount, pick, pick me up, pick up, promote, purchase, push up, put up with smth., raise, rear, rise, rising, rode, roll up, scroll, send up, set up, sling, take up, thrust, turn up, up-end, upheave, uphold, uplift), دفع إلى فوق, دفع (actuate, anticipate, bleed, carry, crowd, dig, disburse, drive, eject, encourage, flog, galvanize, give, impulse, instigate, jog, jostle, motivate, nuzzle, pay, pay down, payment, plank, press, prompt, propel, propulsion, push, remit, render up, repulsion, roll, rouse, shove, spur, sweep, thrust, thrusting, waft, wheel), دعم (back, back up, backing, backup, bolster, buttress, carry, consolidate, encourage, encouragement, favor, favour, fuel, hold, prop, put up, reinforce, rest, second, shore, stanchion, stand up for, stick by, subsidize, support, take sides, truss, underpin, uphold, upholding). (various references) | |
Bulgarian | реклама (ad, advertisement, advertising, promotion, prospectus, publicity, reclame, show, sign, signboard), рекламирам (advertise, advertize, boom, headline, promote, publicize, puff, push, quack, sell), тласкане (impulsion, propulsion), тикане (thrust), тикам (push, shove, thrust, walk), лансиране (initiation, leg up), лансирам (bring out, initiate, launch, push, push forward, put up, sell), повдигане (heave, levitation, lift, lifting, nausea, promotion, queasiness, queerness, retch, retching, rising, taking up, uptake), повдигам (bring up, elevate, give a lift, heave, heft, increase, key up, levitate, lift, moot, pick up, prefer, present, pull up, raise, rear, start, take up, throw up, tip over, underlay, up, uplift, upraise), подпомагам (advantage, aid, back, facilitate, forward, further, get along, help, help on, help up, nurse, patronize, promote, prosper, relieve, set forward, subserve, succor, succour, support). (various references) | |
Chinese | "舞 (heartening), 助力, 標榜 (advertise, excessively praise, flaunt, parade), 促進 (to advance, to promote). (various references) | |
Czech | zesílení (intensification, reinforcement), vysadit na, stimulovat (fuel, innervate, invigorate, motivate, stimulate), prosazovat (assert, further, support), propagovat (advance, propagate), pozvednout (bring up, lift up, raise), podpora (assistance, backing, backup, encouragement, furtherance, lift, pension, promotion, relief, subsidy, subvention, support). (various references) | |
Danish | boost (rocket propulsion). (various references) | |
Dutch | aanjaagdruk (rocket propulsion). (various references) | |
Farsi | کمک کردن (Aid, Hand, Help, Redound, Relieve), ترقی دادن (Advance, Promote), ترقی (Ascent, Development, Growth, Increase, Increment, Jump, Lift, Pickup, Procession, Progress, Promotion, Rise), جلوبردن (Advance, Further), بالارفتن (Ascend, Aspire, Climb, Lift, Soar, Up). (various references) | |
Finnish | tehostus (intensification, setting off), sysäys (encouragement, impetus, impulsion, push, thrust), kiihdytys (accelerating, rocket propulsion). (various references) | |
French | remonter, augmenter, consolider, dépanner, hausser, impulser, poussée, augmentation, relance, survolter, renforcer, soutenir (bolster), soutien, supporter, suractiver, suralimenter, pousser. (various references) | |
German | auftrieb (buoyancy, impetus, lift, upward trend), verstärkung (amplification, boosting, concentration, deepening, fortification, gain, increase, intensification, re enforcement, recruitment, reinforcement, reinforcements, strengthener, strengthening). (various references) | |
Greek | ώθηση (actuation, furtherance, hunch, impetus, impulse, impulsion, jostle, motivation, propulsion, push, spur, thrust), καυχιέμαι (boast, boast about / of, brag, pride oneself, take the credit, talk big), προάγω (advance, boom, forward, further, launch, promote), προαγωγή (advancement, furtherance, preferment, promotion), πυραυλική προώθηση (rocket propulsion), ενισχύω (amplify, back, corroborate, reenforce, reinforce, strengthen), ανωθώ, ανεβάζω (push up, put up, send up, stage), αυξάνω (accrue, amplify, augment, grow, heighten, increase, proliferate, raise, wax). (various references) | |
Hebrew | ל"מליץ (recommend, suggest), ל"'ביר (amplify, enhance, heighten, intensify, tone up), "'בר (amplification). (various references) | |
Hungarian | túltöltés (overcharge, supercharge), reklámoz (publicize, to advertise, to ballyho, to bang the big drum, to boom, to plug, to puff), reklám (ad, advertisement, announcement, ballyho, claptrap, commercial, hype, publicity), fokozás (climax, enhancement, gradation, rise), fellendít (to advance, to boost, to pep, to revive), fellendülés (boom, prosperity, recovery, uplift, upsurge, upswing), felemel (elevate, exalt, heighten, levitate, lift up, peak, put up, raise, take up, to boost, to elevate, to exalt, to heighten, to hold up, to jack up, to pull up, to purchase, to set up, to sublime, to uplift, tuck up, upheave, uplift, upraise), erősítés (enhancement, fortification, gain), emelkedés (ascent, climax, climb, elevation, eminence, enactment, heave, heaving, hill lift, lift, lifting, raise, raising, recovery, rise, uptrend). (various references) | |
Indonesian | tambahan (apposition, complement, counterattraction, extra, gain, mend, plus, supplement), mengiklankan (advertise), mendorong (prompt, propel, push, see: dorong), iklan (ad, advertisement). (various references) | |
Italian | spinta (dig, drive, helping hand, hustle, incentive, jerk, poke, push, shove, spur, stress, thrust). (various references) | |
Japanese Kanji | 釣り上'る (to boost, to pull in, to raise), 高める (to boost, to lift, to raise), 押し上'る (to boost, to force up, to push up), 押上'る (to boost, to force up, to push up). (various references) | |
Japanese Katakana | たかめる (to boost, to lift, to raise), おしあ'る (to boost, to force up, to push up), つりあ'る (to boost, to hang up, to lift, to pull in, to raise, to suspend). (various references) | |
Korean | 후원 (Patronage, Seconding, sponsorship). (various references) | |
Manx | troggal (arise, breed, breeding, bring off, bringing up, build, building, buzz off, construct, contract, contract as disease, contraction, development, edifice, elaborate, elaboration, elevate, freshen, freshen of wind, gather up, getting up, harvest, heave, heave as shoulders, hoist, input, invoke, lift, lifting, nurture, pick off; absorption, pick up, pull in, put up, raise, raise up, rally, rear, rearing, rig up, rise, set in rows, sing up, structure, take, train, train as child, winch, wind, winding), cur voltys da, aaniartaghey (reaffirm, reaffirmation, reassure, refresh, reinforce, reinforcement, reinvigoration). (various references) | |
Norwegian | forsterke (amplify, fortify, intensify), øke (enhance, gather, increase). (various references) | |
Pig Latin | oostbay.(various references) | |
Portuguese | impulso (drift, elan, go, head, impetus, impulse, moment, motion, propulsion, push, shoot, shove, spur, thrust). (various references) | |
Romanian | sprijini (abet, back, bear, bolster, brace, buttress, carry, carry through, countenance, encourage, endorse, forward, ground, help, lean, line up behind, patronize, prop, recline, rest, second, speed, sponsor, stay, strike a blow for, strut, superinduce, support, take up the cudgels for, uphold), ridica preţuri, mãri preţuri, face reclamã pentru (boom). (various references) | |
Russian | ускорение (acceleration, accelerations, jump, speed up, speedup), рекламирование (advertising, puffery), расширять (amplify, branch off, branch out, broaden, deepen, dilate, enhance, enlarge, escalate, expand, extend, extends, ratchet up, widen, widens), наддув, продвигать по службе (promote), повышать напряжение, повышать повышение, поднимать торг, поднимать (draw up, elevate, fly, lift, pick up, raise, rear, take up, turn up, up, upheave, uplift, upraise, weigh up), поддержка (backing, comfort, espousal, furtherance, maintenance, nourishment, push, support, sustenance, sustenation, sustention), давление нагнетателя. (various references) | |
Serbo-Croatian | porast (accretion, increase, jump, mark up, multiplication, pickup, rise, upgrowth, upsurge), pomoć (aid, assistance, help, helping, lift, relief, succor, succour), pojačati (amplify, heighten, intensify, redouble, reinforce, soup, turn up), pogurati u vis, podrška (aliment, backing, backup, support, sustenance), podići (elevate, inflate, lift, pass under, pick up, pull up, put up, raise, rear, uplift, upraise), guranje u vis, dići (elevate, heave, hoist, jack, lift, raise, rise, stir up). (various references) | |
Spanish | promover (advance, assist, encourage, expedite, farther, forward, Foster, further, help, help along, initiate, pioneer, promote, sponsor, to support), promoción (advancement, class, development, furtherance, promo, promotion, year), levantar (adjourn, break up, build, dig up, draw up, elevate, erect, flush, get up, heave, heft, hitch, hoist, hold up, Jack, lever, lift, lift up, pick up, prick, pull up, push up, put up, raise, raise up, rear, ring up, rouse, set up, spring, start, take, tip, to raise, up, wind up), impulsar (act, impel, impulse, move, operate, propel, pump, shift, stir, thrust), estimular (abet, bring on, encourage, excite, exhilarate, fuel, ginger up, incite, invigorate, jog, liven, liven up, prod, promote, prompt, quicken, rouse, shake up, spur, stimulate, stir, stir up, titillate, whip up), estímulo (booster, encouragement, fillip, goad, impulse, incentive, inducement, jog, lift, spur, stimulation, stimulus), empuje (buoyancy, compression, drive, ginger, go, hustle, oppressiveness, pressure, printing, push, shove, thrust, verve, vim), empujón hacia arriba, empujón (dig, heave, hustle, jab, poke, push, shove, thrust), elevar (elevate, heighten, lift, lift up, raise, raise up, upheave), ayudar (abet, accomodate, advance, aid, assist, befriend, dole, Favor, favour, help, help along, help out, help smb. out, lean, lend a hand, pull up, subserve, support, tide over), aupar (help up, hitch up, lend a back to, praise up), aumentar (accrue, add to, advance, amplify, augment, bulk, enhance, expand, extend, freshen, gear up, get up, grow, heighten, hike, hike up, improve, increase, inflate, intensify, jack up, magnify, mark up, Mount, pile on, put up, step up, swell, up, upturn). (various references) | |
Swedish | upphaussa, puffa för (pitch), puff (phut, puff, push, shove, whiff), lyft (hoist, lift, lifted, takeoff), lovorda (praise), hjälpa upp, höjning (advance, heave, hike, increase), höja (advance, appreciate, enhance, improve, inflate, jack up, lift, perk, raise, uplift, work up). (various references) | |
Turkish | yukarıya itmek, yardım etme, yükseltmek (advance, amplify, bump up, drive up, elevate, enhance, ennoble, escalate, exalt, force, get up, heighten, hike up, increase, Jack, jack up, lift, lift up, Louden, mark up, promote, push up, raise, rear, rise, run up, scale up, screw up, send up, set up, step up, strengthen, swell out, swell up, up, upgrade, upheave, uplift), yükseltme (aggrandizement, elevation, exaltation, lift, promotion, strengthening, superelevation, swelling), voltajını yükseltmek, reklamını yapma, reklâmını yapmak (advertise, advertize, plug, publicize, splash), propaganda (agitprop, build up, canvassing, propaganda, publicity), kaldırmak (abolish, arouse, blank out, blue pencil, Brook, cancel, carry, clear, clear away, deration, do away with, elevate, erect, get up, give smb. a lift, heave, heft, hoist, hold, hold up, Jack, jack up, lift, lift up, move away, perk, perk up, pick off, pick up, poise, pull up, put aside, put away, put by, put up, quash, raise, reap, rear, receive, remove, scoop up, setaside, take off, take up, turn up, upheave, uphold, upraise), destekleme (bracing, corroboration, logrolling, pump priming, strutting, supporting, sustentation), artırmak (add, aggrandize, amplify, augment, bid up, boom, build up, bump up, compound, deepen, economize, eke out, enhance, escalate, exalt, fade up, gain, heighten, improve, increase, outbid, overbid, put on, put up, raise, run up, save, scale up, screw up, send up, step up, swell out, swell up, up, upgrade, whip up, work up), artırma (augmentation, build up, economizing, enhancement, extension, increasing, overbidding, promotion), övmek (acclaim, accord praise, belaud, build up, celebrate, commend, compliment, crack up, cry up, emblazon, eulogize, exalt, extol, extoll, flatter, glorify, magnify, panegyrize, pay tribute, praise, puff, sing smb.'s praise, sing the praises of, speak in praise of smb., talk up, vaunt). (various references) | |
Ukrainian | рекламувати (advertise, advertize, blurb, boom, glamorize, glamourize, publicize, puff, push, sell, write up), рекламування (advertising, puffery, spiel, write up), наліт (furring, odor, odour, raid, taint, tang, tinct), активно підтримувати, підтримка (aegis, aliment, alimentation, backing, cheer, crutch, egis, espousal, favour, pick me up, prop, sanction, smiles, sponsorship, support, sustention, vindication), підштовхувати (flirt, hitch, rattle through), підвищувати (elate, elevate, enhance, heighten, inflate, lift, prefer, send up, up), підвищення (advance, aggrandizement, lift, preferment, raise, rise, rising, swell), піднімати (bring up, draw up, elevate, haul up, heave, heft, hoist, levitate, lift, prong, put up, raise, raise up, rear, set up, take up, up, upbear, uphold, uplift, waken). (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
| Language | Date | Source | 2 Corinthians Chapter 9, Verse 4 |
| Greek (transliterated) | 250 BC | Septuagint | MhpwV ean elqwsin sun emoi makedoneV kai eurwsin umaV aparaskeuastouV kataiscunqwmen hmeiV ina mh legwmen umeiV en th upostasei tauth thV kauchsewV |
| Latin | 405 | Vulgate | Ne cum venerint mecum Macedones et invenerint vos inparatos erubescamus nos ut non dicamus vos in hac substantia |
| Middle English | 1395 | Wyclif | Lest whanne Macedonyes comen with me, and fynden you vnredi, we be schamed, that we seien you not, in this substaunce. |
| Renaissance English | 1526 | Tyndale | Lest paraveture yf they of Macedonia come with me and fynde you vnprepared the boost that I made in this matter shuld be a shame to vs: I saye not vnto you. |
| Jacobean English | 1611 | King James | Lest haply if they of Macedonia come with me, and find you unprepared, we (that we say not, ye) should be ashamed in this same confident boasting. |
| Victorian English | 1833 | Webster | Lest haply if they of Macedonia come with me, and find you unprepared, we (that we say not, ye) should be ashamed in this same confident boasting. |
| Basic English | 1964 | Ogden | For fear that, if any from Macedonia come with me, and you are not ready, we (not to say, you) might be put to shame in this thing. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
| Language | 2 Corinthians Chapter 9, Verse 4 |
| Croatian | ako sa mnom doðu Makedonci i naðu vas nespremne - ne osramotimo s preuzetnosti mi, da ne kažemo vi. |
| Finnish | muutoin, jos makedonialaisia tulee minun kanssani ja he tapaavat teidät valmistumattomina, me - ettemme sanoisi te - ehkä joutuisimme häpeään tässä luottamuksessamme. |
| French | Je ne voudrais pas, si les Macédoniens m`accompagnent et ne vous trouvent pas prêts, que cette assurance tournât notre confusion, pour ne pas dire la vôtre. |
| Haitian Creole | Ala wont mwen ta wont si, pou lè moun peyi Masedwan yo ta vin ansanm avè m', yo ta jwenn nou pa pare! Jan m' te konte sou nou sa! Mwen pa bezwen pale jan nou menm tou nou ta wont! |
| Indonesian-Bahasa Sehari-hari | Saya khawatir kalau-kalau ada orang-orang Makedonia yang ikut bersama-sama saya nanti pada waktu saya datang kepadamu. Dan kalau mereka mendapati bahwa kalian belum siap, wah, alangkah malunya kami nanti, karena sudah mengatakan bahwa kami percaya sekali kepadamu! Dan kalian sendiri pun akan malu juga. |
| Italian | non avvenga che, venendo con me alcuni Macèdoni, vi trovino impreparati e noi dobbiamo arrossire, per non dire anche voi, di questa nostra fiducia. |
| Maori | Kei tupono ka haere atu i ahau etahi o Makeronia, a ka rokohanga atu kahore ano kia rite noa ta koutou, na, ko te whakama mo matou, e kore matou e ki mo koutou, i tenei whakamanamana e kaha nei. |
| Norwegian | så vi, for ikke å si I selv, ikke skal bli til skamme i denne tillit når det kommer makedoniere med mig og finner eder uferdige. |
| Shuar | Wi ukunam Masetúnianmaya shuarjai atumiin jean, kuit Súsatin Tímiarmena nuna iwiarachman Wáinkian natsaraij tusan, tura atumsha natsarairum tusan Túrajai. Warí, "Súsatniun ti wakeruiniawai" tuke tu wéatsjak. |
| Swahili | Isije ikawa kwamba watu wa Makedonia watakapokuja pamoja nami tukawakuta hamko tayari, hapo sisi tutaaibika--bila kutaja aibu mtakayopata ninyi wenyewe--kwa sababu tutakuwa tumewatumainia kupita kiasi. |
| Swedish | Eljest, om några macedonier komma med mig och finna eder oberedda, kunna vi -- för att icke säga I -- till äventyrs komma på skam med vår tillförsikt i denna sak. |
| Uma | Apa' ane ria-ra mpai' to Makedonia to mpo'emai' -a tilou, pai' ane rapa' -na ko'ia terumpu doi petulungi-ni tetu-e, uma mpai' mowo ea' -kai, apa' mpolia' ki'une' -mokoie. Koi' wo'o mpai' me'ea' ompi'. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "boost": boosted, booster, boosterism, boosterisms, boosters, boosting, boosts. (additional references) | |
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"Boost" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: bapst, belost, belostok, Biosoft, boastl, bohos, Boisot, boopst, Boosh, boosy, bootsy, booust, boowt, booz, boqt, borst, boso, bosox, bost, Bostg, Bouet, boust, bouwt, broots, brost, buist, bujosa, Busst, goost, obst. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "boost" (pronounced buw"st) |
| 3 | -uw" s t | deduced, induced, introduced, loosed, overproduced, produced, reduced, reintroduced, reproduced, roost, seduced, spruced. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
Direct Anagrams: boots. | |
| Words within the letters "b-o-o-s-t" | |
-1 letter: boos, boot, bots, oots, soot, stob. | |
-2 letters: boo, bos, bot, oot, sob, sot, too. | |
-3 letters: bo, os, so, to. | |
| Words containing the letters "b-o-o-s-t" | |
+1 letter: bhoots, boosts, booths, boston, oboist, robots, taboos. | |
+2 letters: bonitos, boosted, booster, bootees, booties, bostons, bottoms, boutons, bowpots, bowshot, oboists, postbox, postboy, potboys, reboots, seaboot, tomboys. | |
+3 letters: barstool, besmooth, besoothe, bigfoots, biotopes, biotrons, blowouts, bongoist, bonitoes, booklets, bookrest, boomiest, boomlets, boosters, boosting, bootlegs, bootless, booziest, botryose, bowknots, bowshots, boycotts, eobionts, footboys, gumboots, hotboxes, motorbus, obsolete, outboast, outboxes, postboys, potboils, robotics, robotism, rowboats, seaboots, showboat, slyboots, sorbitol, studbook, tarboosh, theorbos, tobaccos, tombolas, tombolos, towboats. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro. | |
| 1. Definition 2. Synonyms 3. Crosswords 4. Usage: Modern | 5. Usage: Commercial 6. Images: Photo Album 7. Quotations: Fiction 8. Quotations: Non-fiction | 9. Quotations: Speeches 10. Usage Frequency 11. Expressions 12. Expressions: Internet | 13. Translations: Modern 14. Bible Trace 15. Abbreviations 16. Acronyms | 17. Derivations 18. Rhymes 19. Anagrams 20. Bibliography |
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