propel
/pɹəˈpɛl/ verb C1- To provide an impetus for motion or physical action; to cause to move in a certain direction; to drive or push forward.
- To provide an impetus for nonphysical change; to cause to arrive to a certain situation or result.
He/she/it propels · Past propelled · Past participle propelled · -ing form propelling
Verb forms
- Base form
- propel
- He/she/it
- propels
- Past
- propelled
- Past participle
- propelled
- -ing form
- propelling
An irregular verb: learn its past and past participle by heart.
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When the critical moment arrived, he unleashed a spectacular burst of speed, propelling himself past his increasingly exhausted colleagues.
When your grandfather and I boarded that ship in 1962, we were propelled by an intoxicating vision of a golden antipodal utopia.
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