propel
pronunciation
How to pronounce propel in British English:
UK [prəˈpel]
How to pronounce propel in American English:
US [prəˈpel]
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- Verb:
- cause to move forward with force
- give an incentive for action
Word Origin
- propel
- propel: see pulse
- propel (v.)
- mid-15c., "to drive away, expel," from Latin propellere "push forward, drive forward, drive forth; move, impel," from pro- "forward" (see pro-) + pellere "to push, drive" (see pulse (n.1)). Meaning "to drive onward, cause to move forward" is from 1650s. Related: Propelled; propelling.
Example
- 1. What kind of technology will propel us toward a cashless , mobile payment-driven world ?
- 2. It will propel brazil to developed-country status , he says .
- 3. Their actions could propel crude even higher .
- 4. These designs fuel demand and propel brand loyalty .
- 5. But a person 's genes can sometimes propel him more easily in one direction than another .