(~s, ~ing, ~ed)
Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English.
1.
If one thing ~s another, it causes it to increase, improve, or be more successful.
It wants the government to take action to ~ the economy...
The move is designed to ~ sales during the peak booking months of January and February.
VERB: V n, V n
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Boost is also a noun.
It would get the economy going and give us the ~ that we need...
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2.
If something ~s your confidence or morale, it improves it.
We need a big win to ~ our confidence...
= bolster
VERB: V n
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Boost is also a noun.
It did give me a ~ to win such a big event.
N-COUNT: usu sing