stimulus
pronunciation
How to pronounce stimulus in British English:
UK [ˈstɪmjələs]
How to pronounce stimulus in American English:
US [ˈstɪmjələs]
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- Noun:
- any stimulating information or event; acts to arouse action
Word Origin
- stimulus (n.)
- plural stimuli, 1680s, originally as a medical term, "something that goads a lazy organ" (often the male member), from a modern use of Latin stimulus "a goad, a pointed stick," figuratively "a sting, a pang; incitement, spur," from PIE *sti- "point, prick, pierce" (see stick (v.)). General sense of "something that excites or arouses the mind or spirit" is from 1791. Psychological sense is first recorded 1894.
Example
- 1. Then came the stimulus proposals in congress .
- 2. Does china need a second stimulus ?
- 3. How green is thy stimulus ?
- 4. Governments launched big stimulus programmes .
- 5. Fiscal stimulus only adds debt .