1 [VN] to make sth develop or become more active; to encourage sth:
The exhibition has stimulated interest in her work. * The article can be used to stimulate discussion among students. * a government package designed to stimulate economic growth
2 to make sb interested and excited about sth:
[VN] Parents should give children books that stimulate them. * Both men and women are stimulated by erotic photos (= sexually). * [VNtoinf] The conference stimulated him to study the subject in more depth.
3 [VN] (technical) to make a part of the body function:
The women were given fertility drugs to stimulate the ovaries.
stimulation noun [U]:
sensory / intellectual / sexual / visual / physical stimulation
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