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Definitions for propel
prəˈpɛlpro·pel

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. propel, impelverb

    cause to move forward with force

    "Steam propels this ship"

  2. motivate, actuate, propel, move, prompt, inciteverb

    give an incentive for action

    "This moved me to sacrifice my career"

Wiktionary

  1. propelverb

    To cause to move in a certain direction.

  2. propelverb

    To make to arrive to a certain situation or result.

  3. Etymology: Historically (late) meant "expel, drive out". From propello, from pro- "forward" and pello.

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary

  1. To Propelverb

    To drive forward.

    Etymology: propello, Lat.

    Avicen witnesses the blood to be frothy that is propelled out of a vein of the breast. Gideon Harvey.

    This motion, in some human creatures, may be weak in respect to the viscidity of what is taken, so as not to be able to propel it. John Arbuthnot, on Aliments.

    That overplus of motion would be too feeble and languid to propel so vast and ponderous a body, with that prodigious velocity. Richard Bentley, Sermons.

Wikipedia

  1. PROPEL

    UEM Edgenta Berhad (MYX: 1368, “UEM Edgenta”) is a Malaysian total asset business. Listed on the Main Market of Bursa Malaysia Securities Berhad with market capitalisation of RM2.3 billion as at 30 August 2017, UEM Edgenta provides consultancy primarily to healthcare, infrastructure, and real estate.It is the largest highway maintenance operator in Malaysia. It is a member of UEM Group.

ChatGPT

  1. propel

    To propel means to drive, push, or cause to move in a particular direction or forward, typically through force or exerted energy. It can also refer to motivating or prompting someone to a particular action or decision.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Propelverb

    to drive forward; to urge or press onward by force; to move, or cause to move; as, the wind or steam propels ships; balls are propelled by gunpowder

  2. Etymology: [L. propellere, propulsum; pro forward + pellere to drive. See Pulse a beating.]

Wikidata

  1. Propel

    Propel is a free, open-source object-relational mapping toolkit written in PHP. It is also an integral part of the PHP framework Symfony and was the default ORM up to, and including version 1.2.

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary

  1. Propel

    prō-pel′, v.t. to drive forward: to urge onward by force:—pr.p. propel′ling; pa.t. and pa.p. propelled′.n. Propel′lant, that which drives forward.—adj. Propel′lent.—ns. Propel′ler, one who, or that which, propels: any kind of mechanism for moving a ship through the water, by a paddle-wheel, oar, screw, &c.: a vessel thus propelled: a spinning-bait; Propel′ment, act of propelling: propelling mechanism. [L. pro, forward, pellĕre, to drive.]

CrunchBase

  1. Propel

    Headquartered in Redwood City, California, Propel builds, owns and operates a network of Clean Fuel Points - green-built, self-serve filling stations providing convenient access to clean, American, low carbon fuels. The company offers drivers and fleets a cleaner fuel choice that makes progress towards lowering America's dependence on foreign oil, reducing carbon emissions, and creating jobs. Propel has also developed CleanDrive®, the nation's first integrated carbon emission reduction tracking platform. Propel operates a growing network of locations providing cleaner mobility options in California and Washington State.

Military Dictionary and Gazetteer

  1. propel

    To drive forward; to urge or press onward by force; to move or cause to move; balls are propelled by the force of gunpowder.

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of propel in Chaldean Numerology is: 6

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of propel in Pythagorean Numerology is: 1

Examples of propel in a Sentence

  1. Mark Mix:

    The Biden Department of Labor has been stocked with former union officials since day one, it’s obvious that President Biden planned to bestow big powers on his union political allies who helped propel him to the White House. The suppression of these apprenticeship programs takes away opportunities from workers just to boost union control over American employees and their training, even as a near-record low percentage of workers are voluntarily associating with unions.

  2. Doug Gross:

    He's certainly tacking right to try to secure the hard-right base that he thinks will propel him to victory in the Iowa caucuses, he may be short-term in his thinking here.

  3. Frances Donald:

    If we were to witness a faltering of the U.S consumer, that would be very difficult for markets, which are relying on the U.S. consumer to propel the cycle through at least another year.

  4. Brian Katulis:

    Something as startling, as shocking as these attacks are going to propel (national security) back to center stage.

  5. Candace Owens:

    There was only one version of a black person that these platforms are willing to help propel towards fame and notoriety — and that is an angry black victim.

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