spur

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A pointed device worn on a rider's heel, used to urge a horse forward.

• The cowboy's spurs jingled as he walked.
• She dug her spurs into the horse's flanks.
• The discovery of penicillin served as a spur to the development of antibiotics throughout the mid-twentieth century.
• Economic incentives can act as a spur for private sector investment in renewable energy research and development.
• The urgent need for pandemic preparedness has provided a spur to international collaboration on vaccine distribution systems.
• Some archaeologists believe that climatic changes were the primary spur for early human migration out of Africa.

Eş anlamlılar: goad, rowel

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Something that prompts or encourages action; a stimulus or incentive.

• The crisis was a spur to reform.
• Fear can be a powerful spur to action.

Eş anlamlılar: stimulus, incentive, impetus, catalyst, motivation

Zıt anlamlılar: deterrent, discouragement, hindrance

Birini bir şey yapmaya teşvik etmek veya özendirmek; uyarmak

To urge or encourage someone to do something; to stimulate or prompt.

• Her success spurred him to work harder.
• The government hopes to spur economic growth.

Eş anlamlılar: encourage, motivate, prompt, incite, drive, stimulate

Zıt anlamlılar: discourage, deter, restrain, hinder

Ana yol veya demiryolu hattından ayrılan kısa yan yol veya hat

A short side road or branch from a main road or railway line.

• We took a spur off the highway.
• The train moved onto a spur track.

Eş anlamlılar: branch, offshoot, side road