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Rising consumer sales have the effect of spurring the economy to faster growth. Spurred (on) by her early success, she went on to write four more novels in rapid succession.
Rising consumer sales have the effect of spurring the economy to faster growth. Spurred (on) by her early success, she went on to write four more novels in rapid succession.
/spr/ /sp/ IPA guide Other forms: spurs; spurred; spurring To spur something on is to get it going, to encourage it, to hasten it or stimulate. Cowboys wear spiky metal tools called spurs on their boots to.
spur something to make something happen faster or sooner The agreement is essential to spurring economic growth around the world. The fire, spurred by high temperatures and strong winds, had burnt.
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Erica Browne Grivas, Better Homes & Gardens, 1 Mar. 2025 While this also made headlines and spurred indignation, AIs environmental impacts are still far from being common knowledge.
SPURRED definition: having a spur or spurs. spur. See examples of spurred used in a sentence.
Now, his fear of falling into musical oblivion had spurred him into taking action.
The word 'spurred' comes from the Old English 'spear', meaning to urge on or encourage. Originally related to the metal spikes on a riding boot, spurring a horse into action reflects the concept of.
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spurred English Pronunciation (Received Pronunciation, General Australian) IPA (key): /spd/ (General American) IPA (key): /spd/ (Scotland) IPA (key): /spd/ (New Zealand) IPA (key):.
spurred definition: encouraged or prompted to act. Check meanings, examples, usage tips, pronunciation, domains, and related words. Discover expressions like "long-spurred", "short-spurred".
to incite (one) to take action: [~ + object (+ on) + to + verb] The insult spurred him (on) to retaliate. [~ + object + on] Your encouragement spurred him on and he later achieved even greater results.
