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# boost

«boost» in Mova's school dictionary: **to make it bigger, stronger or better** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 2 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

verb (boost, boosts, boosted, boosting); noun (a boost, boosts)

### meaning for a pupil

1) To boost something is to make it bigger, stronger or better. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/boost/#m1)

2) A boost is help or encouragement that makes something rise or improve. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/boost/#m2)

3) To boost someone is to push them up from below so they can climb. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/boost/#m3)

### sense in the lessons

In everyday life: a good breakfast boosts energy, praise boosts confidence, vitamins boost health, a booster seat lifts a child in a car (a safety rule). In science rockets have booster engines. In health a «booster» is an extra vaccine dose. In maths problems «boost» means increase.

### examples

- A good night's sleep will boost your energy. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/boost/#x1)
- Winning the match gave the team a real boost. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/boost/#x2)
- Dad gave me a boost so I could climb the wall. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/boost/#x3)
- The rocket's boosters fell away after take-off. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/boost/#x4)
- Young children must sit in a booster seat in the car. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/boost/#x5)
- Sales were boosted by the new advert. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/boost/#x6)

### note

Regular verb: boosted, boosting. Noun: booster (a thing that boosts). In word problems «boosted by 20» means add 20.

### In the corpora

- [No single food or drink can boost the immune system; sleep, a good diet and exercise keep it working well.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/medicine/30-germs-the-immune-system-and-hand-washing/8/)
- [Watch the replay: Finn's "speed boost from nowhere" was Finn crashing into a wall.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/world/173-the-game-is-rigged-because-i-lost/9/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «boost» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/boost/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.