jumpstart

Thân thiện

My neighbor gave my car a jumpstart with his cables.

Definition

1. Noun:

   • An act of starting a vehicle's engine using power from another vehicle's battery: A method to start an automobile with a discharged battery by connecting it to a functional battery in another vehicle using jumper cables.
   • A vigorous or sudden start or restart of an activity or process: An action or event that gives a sudden, energetic beginning to something.

2. Verb:

   • To start (a vehicle) by connecting its dead battery to another vehicle's battery: To use jumper cables to provide electrical power from a working battery to start a car with a depleted battery.
   • To give a sudden, energetic start or restart to (an activity, process, or system): To invigorate or revitalize something, causing it to begin or progress rapidly.

Examples of Usage

• Noun:

  • My car wouldn't start this morning, so I had to ask for a jumpstart.
  • The new funding served as a jumpstart for the stalled research project.

• Verb:

  • Can you help me jumpstart my car? The battery is dead.
  • The government launched a new initiative to jumpstart economic growth in the region.

Advanced Usage

• "to give something a jumpstart": To provide the initial energy or impetus to get something started.

  • The successful pilot program gave the national campaign a much-needed jumpstart.

• "to need a jumpstart": To require external help or a boost to begin functioning or progressing.

  • After the long holiday, the team needed a jumpstart to get back to productivity.

Variants and Related Words

• Jump-start (alternative spelling): This is a common hyphenated variant of the word, used interchangeably as both a noun and a verb.
  • We need to jump-start the negotiations.

Synonyms

• Noun: Boost, kickstart, impetus, start.
• Verb: Kickstart, energize, revitalize, jump-start (hyphenated variant).

Related Phrasal Verbs

(Note: "Jumpstart" itself functions as a single verb. It is not typically used in separable phrasal verb constructions like "jump start up." The action is expressed by the single word "jumpstart" or the hyphenated "jump-start.")

Related Idioms

• "A jump on something": While not containing the word "jumpstart," this idiom shares the conceptual idea of an early or advantageous start.
  • Let's get a jump on the competition by launching early.

Học thuật

Noun

1. starting an automobile engine that has a weak battery by means of jumper cables to another car
   • my battery was dead so I had to get a jumpstart from my neighbor

Verb

1. start or re-start vigorously
   • The Secretary of State intends to jumpstart the Middle East Peace Process
2. start (a car engine whose battery is dead) by connecting it to another car's battery

Từ đồng nghĩa

• jump-start
• jump