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stimulates

/ˈstɪmjuleɪts/

Meanings
verb
To encourage into action.

Examples :

"The smell of coffee stimulates me to wake up in the morning. "
action physiology mind

Related Words

Illustration brain

brain noun

/bɹeɪn/

The control center of the central nervous system of an animal located in the skull which is responsible for perception, cognition, attention, memory, emotion, and action.

"My brain was working overtime trying to remember all the vocabulary words for my spelling test. "

Illustration helps

helps noun

/hɛlps/

Action given to provide assistance; aid.

"I need some help with my homework."

Illustration encourage

encourage verb

/ɪnˈkʌɹɪdʒ/ /ɪnˈkɝɹɪdʒ/

To mentally support; to motivate, give courage, hope or spirit.

"I encouraged him during his race."

Illustration smell

smell noun

/smɛl/

A sensation, pleasant or unpleasant, detected by inhaling air (or, the case of water-breathing animals, water) carrying airborne molecules of a substance.

"I love the smell of fresh bread."

Illustration organism

organism noun

/ˈɔː.ɡən.ɪ.zəm/ /ˈɔɹ.ɡən.ɪ.zəm/

A discrete and complete living thing, such as animal, plant, fungus or microorganism.

"The single-celled organism was studied by the biology students in their science class. "

Illustration morning

morning noun

/ˈmɔːnɪŋ/ /ˈmɔɹnɪŋ/

The part of the day from dawn to noon.

"The morning classes at school begin at 8:00 a.m. "

Illustration coffee

coffee noun

/ˈkɑ.fi/ /ˈkɒ.fi/ /ˈkɔ.fi/

A beverage made by infusing the beans of the coffee plant in hot water.

"My dad made a strong coffee before going to work. "

Illustration activity

activity noun

/ækˈtɪ.və.ti/

The state or quality of being active; activeness.

"Pit row was abuzz with activity."

Illustration focus

focus noun

/ˈfəʊ.kəs/ /ˈfoʊ.kəs/

A point at which reflected or refracted rays of light converge.

"The heat of sunlight at the focus of a magnifying glass can easily set dry leaves on fire."

Illustration arouse

arouse verb

/əˈɹaʊz/

To stimulate feelings.

"The new building proposals in the village are arousing unneeded discomfort."

Illustration action

action noun

/ˈæk.ʃən/

Something done so as to accomplish a purpose.

"The student's action of studying diligently improved her grades. "

Illustration functional

functional noun

/ˈfʌŋk(t)ʃnəl/

A function that takes a function as its argument; More precisely: A function y=f(x) whose argument x varies in a space of (real valued, complex valued) functions and whose value belongs to a monodimensional space. An example: the definite integration of integrable real functions in a real interval.

"The functional analysis course focused on definite integrals, a type of mathematical function. "