transcription, транскрипция: [ ɪnspaɪə(r) ]
( inspires, inspiring, inspired)
1.
If someone or something inspires you to do something new or unusual, they make you want to do it.
Our challenge is to motivate those voters and inspire them to join our cause...
VERB : V n to-inf
2.
If someone or something inspires you, they give you new ideas and a strong feeling of enthusiasm.
Jimi Hendrix inspired a generation of guitarists.
VERB : V n
3.
If a book, work of art, or action is inspired by something, that thing is the source of the idea for it.
The book was inspired by a real person, namely Tamara de Treaux.
...a political murder inspired by the same nationalist conflicts now wrecking the country.
VERB : usu passive , be V-ed by n , V-ed
• -inspired
...Mediterranean-inspired ceramics in bright yellow and blue...
COMB in ADJ
4.
Someone or something that inspires a particular emotion or reaction in people makes them feel this emotion or reaction.
The car’s performance quickly inspires confidence.
VERB : V n