- something that helps or encourages somebody/something
- a great/tremendous/welcome boost
- The tax cuts will give a much needed boost to the economy.
- Winning the competition was a wonderful boost for her morale.
Extra ExamplesTopics Successb2- The new factory will provide a much-needed boost to the local economy.
- a boost for British products
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- big
- enormous
- great
- …
- give somebody
- provide (somebody with)
- get
- …
- boost for
- boost in
- boost to
- …
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- an increase in something
- a boost in car sales
- a big boost in exports
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- big
- enormous
- great
- …
- give somebody
- provide (somebody with)
- get
- …
- boost for
- boost in
- boost to
- …
- an increase in power in an engine or a piece of electrical equipment
- (especially North American English) an act of pushing somebody up from behind
- He gave her a boost over the fence.
Word Originearly 19th cent. (originally US, in sense (4)): of unknown origin.
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