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Synonyms for spur
spɜrspur
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Princeton's WordNet
goad, goading, prod, prodding, urging, spur, spurringnoun
a verbalization that encourages you to attempt something
"the ceaseless prodding got on his nerves"
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spur track, goading, spurring, prod, prodding, gad, importunity, urgency, urging, goad, acantha, spine, branch linespur, spine, acanthanoun
any sharply pointed projection
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gad, prod, sticker, spikelet, goading, urging, prickle, pricker, spine, thorn, spurring, spinal column, back, branch line, backbone, acantha, spur track, rachis, prodding, goad, vertebral columnspurnoun
tubular extension at the base of the corolla in some flowers
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spur track, goading, spurring, prod, prodding, gad, spine, urging, acantha, branch line, goadspur, gadnoun
a sharp prod fixed to a rider's heel and used to urge a horse onward
"cowboys know not to squat with their spurs on"
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generalized anxiety disorder, spur track, goading, spurring, prod, prodding, gad, spine, urging, acantha, branch line, goad, anxiety reactionbranch line, spur track, spurverb
a railway line connected to a trunk line
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spur track, goading, spurring, prod, goad, gad, spine, urging, acantha, prodding, branch linespurverb
incite or stimulate
"The Academy was formed to spur research"
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goadspur, goadverb
give heart or courage to
spurverb
strike with a spur
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goadspurverb
goad with spurs
"the rider spurred his horse"
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goadspurverb
equip with spurs
"spur horses"
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goad
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Editors Contribution
actuate
anything that pushes someone or something forward
her mother's motivational talk spurred her daughter to endure high school.
Submitted by rinat on June 1, 2017
Dictionary of English Synonymes
spurnoun
spurnoun
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incitement, stimulus, incentive, impulse, inducement, instigation, provocation, motivespurnoun
spurnoun
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ergot, horn-seed, spurred ryespurverb
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prick (with the spur)spurverb
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stimulate, incite, rouse, arouse, goad, induce, instigate, impel, urge forward, drivespurverb
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prick, gallop, hasten, press forward, press on
Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words
spurnoun
Synonyms:
rowel, goad, prick, snag, projection, incitement, stimulus, goad, incentive, instigation, impetus, provocation, spine (on a cock's leg)spurverb
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Words popularity by usage frequency
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#103 | back | |
#3433 | encourage | |
#4894 | boost | |
#7212 | incentive | |
#8323 | sticker | |
#9233 | needle | |
#9608 | spine | |
#9689 | ips | |
#9811 | urge | |
#10285 | spike | |
#12576 | prod | |
#12747 | stimulate | |
#14066 | backbone | |
#16030 | stimulus | |
#16157 | urgency | |
#16720 | spur | |
#18084 | urging | |
#21418 | thorn | |
#22393 | epi | |
#28087 | prick | |
#28744 | talon | |
#35757 | gad | |
#42683 | incite | |
#63896 | goad | |
#73233 | prodding | |
#76428 | instigate | |
#81007 | spurring | |
#108145 | impel | |
#147890 | spikelet | |
#152228 | galvanise | |
#181895 | rachis | |
#184250 | prickle | |
#190419 | goading | |
#239372 | importunity |
How to use spur in a sentence?
Even as government of India is conscious of the need to spur innovation and protect individual rights, it retains the sovereign right to utilize the flexibilities provided in the international (IP rights) regime, it may be noted that to date, there has been only one case of compulsory licence in India and that too after a well-thought out and laid down process, which was subsequently upheld right up to the highest Court of the land.
Paul Northcott said. Grants for early investigators like Paul Northcott may also help them obtain bigger funding opportunities through the National Institutes of Health( National Institutes of Health). We're able to recruit, we're able to conduct studies that we wouldn't have been able to otherwise. This then helps us build the necessary foundation to go after National Institutes of Health funding and getting that first RO1 through the NCI( National Cancer Institute), Paul Northcott said. One of the toughest hurdles for young investigators is securing their first R01, the gold standard of grants that give scientists enough money and time to complete a project and publish results within four or five years. The budget for R01’s is unlimited. According to the director of the National Cancer Institute, Dr. Norman Sharpless, the NCI is directing their extramural funders to set aside additional funding to increase the total number of first R01's given to early-stage investigators by at least 25 percent in 2018. By training more diverse groups of scientists, organizations like the National Cancer Institute hope to spur new commitments to basic science that can drive novel approaches and technologies to cancer treatment. Paul Northcott says supporting the next generation of cancer scientists is crucial to ensuring a talented and creative research workforce for the decades ahead. Oftentimes it’s difficult to see how studying a single gene or a pathway or a biochemical mechanism might have a broader impact, but I would encourage anyone involved and anyone starting out in this type of field to think about what is the goal of Cancer Research -LRB- AACR -RRB- ? How can this research change health care, or, in this case, cancer research ?
I've had probably three students reach out and say,' I really don't want to start my college experience from my couch,' as more colleges become more transparent about the likelihood of that, I think that's going to really spur a lot of kids to want to seriously consider a gap year.
This is big and huge for him to see somebody like Gary Payton. Jayden is just starting basketball himself as a beginner, so this is going to spur him on to know that he's not alone with the challenges, we're just beyond the moon.
It’s a very justified question to ever ask and to always ask, because he was one of the greatest at what he did, and all I can do is do my best, be my own person, make the decisions in the way that I've always made decisions, which is putting in as much thought into a decision as possible, taking the time if I have the time to do just that. There's no doubt I'm going to live a little bit less spur of the moment than he was in a lot of ways.
Translations for spur
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- esperonar, esperóCatalan, Valencian
- ostruhaCzech
- sporeDanish
- Sporn, anspornen, AnspornGerman
- sproni, spronoEsperanto
- prolongación, conexión, espolonear, acicate, incentivar, incitar, motivar, alcurnia, espuela, incentivo, animar, espolear, espolón, acicatear, extensión, estimularSpanish
- kannustaa, yllyttää, kannustin, kannusFinnish
- éperon, éperonner, ergotFrench
- sarkantyúHungarian
- խթանArmenian
- memacuIndonesian
- sprono, diramazione, stimolare, incitare, pungolare, sporgenza, montare gli speroni, incoraggiare, sperone, instigare, propaggini, protuberanza, spronare, divaricazioneItalian
- 拍車をかける, 行動, 刺激, 突く, 拍車Japanese
- kipa, taumutuMāori
- taji, pacuMalay
- aansporen, bewegen, spoor, aanmoedigenDutch
- ostrogaPolish
- estimular, provocar, espora, instigarPortuguese
- îndemnaRomanian
- подгонять, шпора, корень, побуждать, стимул, пришпорить, отрог, пришпориватьRussian
- mamuza, оструга, мамуза, ostrugaSerbo-Croatian
- sporre, sporraSwedish
- mahmuzTurkish
- تمباکو نوشیUrdu
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