inspirein‧spire /ɪnˈspaɪə $ -ˈspaɪr/ ●●○ verb [transitive] 
We need someone who can inspire the team.inspire somebody to do something He inspired many young people to take up the sport.inspire somebody to something I hope this success will inspire you to greater efforts. Inspired by the sunny weather, I decided to explore the woods.2to make someone have a particular feeling or react in a particular way: Gandhi’s quiet dignity inspired great respect.inspire confidence (=make people feel confident because they trust your ability) His driving hardly inspires confidence. The hospital’s record does not inspire confidence.3to give someone the idea for something, especially a story, painting, poem etc: The story was inspired by a chance meeting with an old Russian duke. a range of designs inspired by wild flowers4technical to breathe in
WORD ORIGINinspire
Origin:
1300-1400 French inspirer, from Latin, from spirare ‘to breathe’VERB TABLE
inspire
| Simple Form | ||
| Present | I, you, we, they | inspire |
| he, she, it | inspires | |
| Past | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | inspired |
| Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have inspired |
| he, she, it | has inspired | |
| Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had inspired |
| Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will inspire |
| Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have inspired |
| Continuous Form | ||
| Present | I | am inspiring |
| he, she, it | is inspiring | |
| you, we, they | are inspiring | |
| Past | I, he, she, it | was inspiring |
| you, we, they | were inspiring | |
| Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have been inspiring |
| he, she, it | has been inspiring | |
| Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had been inspiring |
| Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will be inspiring |
| Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have been inspiring |
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES
- Mrs. Pianto was the kind of woman who inspired kindness.
- The country needs a leader who can inspire its citizens.
- The lecture today really inspired me to read more poetry.
- The movie was inspired by real events.
- When I actually visited the university, it inspired me and made me want to go there.
Longman Language Activatorto make someone feel enthusiastic about something
to make someone feel enthusiastic about something and make them feel that it is worth doing: · When I actually visited the university, it inspired me and made me want to go there.inspire somebody to do something: · The lecture today really inspired me to read more poetry.
to make someone feel enthusiastic about their work or their studies, and work hard: · It's often more difficult to motivate boys than girls.· Every good teacher knows that criticism does not motivate learners.motivate somebody to do something: · Only one third of workers said their supervisors know what motivates them to do their best work.
British also fire somebody up especially American to make someone extremely enthusiastic so that they want to work very hard to achieve something: · His speech fired the audience with enthusiasm.be (all) fired up: · Brown was fired up about being back on the field again after his injury.· By the end of the meeting the sales team were all fired up and eager to start selling.
a rousing song, speech etc makes people feel excited and eager to do something: · His rousing speeches soon created a massive following.· Rousing organ music was coming from the church.
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COLLOCATIONS FROM THE ENTRY
1to encourage someone by making them feel confident and eager to do something: (=make people feel confident because they trust your ability) His driving hardly inspires confidence. The hospital’s record does not inspire confidence.
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES His driving hardly inspires confidence. The hospital’s record does not inspire confidence. (=make people have confidence)· Our education system should inspire public confidence.
(=someone who makes other people want to do something great or good)· Jenny’s story is an inspiring example of courage in the face of adversity.
(=a very good guess that you make suddenly)· It’s hard to believe he got that right with just an inspired guess.
(=make someone feel loyal to you)· He inspires extraordinary loyalty among his staff.
· The main aim of suicide bombers is to inspire terror in the population.
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSNOUN· His replacement, Sanath Jayasuriya is a man of impressive dignity, who inspires devotion rather than awe from his players.· The megaliths command our attention, inspiring us with awe and curiousity.· One of Baldwin's weaknesses in dealing with his colleagues was that, at least until after 1931, he inspired no awe.· The fair inspired awe and pride and reverence.· Far from inspiring individualism, or egoism, the act should inspire awe, humility.· The scenery inspires awe and apprehension and fear even on a summer day; in stormy conditions, the effect is frightening.· It has always inspired awe and wonderment.
· Spennymoor impresario John Wray met Angie last summer and was inspired to book her for several tours of the North-East.· The chocolate recipes are particularly inspiring, but the book also includes a bundle of recipes featuring all manner of fruit.
· This will do more to inspire public confidence than the prison officers' negative attitude.· My boy, the first and foremost work of a doctor is to inspire confidence in his being one.· A test ban that could not inspire confidence would undermine stability and might even provoke a new arms race.· Her strength was her ability to elicit and inspire confidences rather than fear in the people she befriended.· Lukic hardly inspires confidence either in such situations.· Yet he has a train of attendants on the battlefield which should inspire anyone with confidence.· What impressed most was how useable this near 30-year-old car feels, and how quickly it inspires confidence.· In short, he inspires confidence.
· Its history has inspired several films.
· This, as we shall see, is not quite true: some mystics were inspired by scholastic ideas.· Most had escaped but some were freed by owners newly inspired by the idea of liberty.· Secondly much of the research on class has been inspired by ideas and questions raised by Marx.· Kirk Fordice, it is a divinely inspired idea to wean families off welfare.· This, furthermore, is the inspiring idea that inhabits much Far Eastern Buddhist art.· Mysteriously, the Halloween pumpkin had been an inspired idea of his.
· Many enduring ballets have been inspired by stories from world literature.· I hope McCarthy will discover them, and tell your readers about them and their students.They make a better and inspiring story.· Jaguar was inspired by stories that General Motors was preparing to bid.
· His comments inspired the students, but placed him on the list of suspicious intellectuals.· It has served to illuminate and inspire many thousands of students, teachers and academics throughout the world.
· As a student Keith was particularly inspired by Gurdon's work.· His political clumsiness and know-it-all manner raise questions about his ability to inspire the country and work with Congress.
VERB· Greenpeace's daring and media-grasp have helped inspire a new generation of direct-activists.· Because having helped to inspire the fear of the devil, he offers redemption.
· McQueen seems to inspire Hoffman to underplay, too.· Her brightening of mood seems largely inspired by the light bulb she has been standing next to.· Kernaghan was superb at the back and seemed to inspire those around him.· The Compagnie du Saint Sacrement and the Rosicrucians seem to have been inspired by political as well as spiritual goals.· No, Minter was motivated more by the unreasoning malice which individual achievement seemed often to inspire in others.· Familiar faith formulae seem not to inspire.· His pluralist view of the nature of the State seems inspired by Maitland.· The poet and the painter have never met before, but their pairing seems inspired.
We need someone who can inspire the team.inspire somebody to do something He inspired many young people to take up the sport.inspire somebody to something I hope this success will inspire you to greater efforts. Inspired by the sunny weather, I decided to explore the woods.2to make someone have a particular feeling or react in a particular way: Gandhi’s quiet dignity inspired great respect.inspire confidence (=make people feel confident because they trust your ability) His driving hardly inspires confidence. The hospital’s record does not inspire confidence.3to give someone the idea for something, especially a story, painting, poem etc: The story was inspired by a chance meeting with an old Russian duke. a range of designs inspired by wild flowers4technical to breathe in