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signal boost

signal boost noun: an instance of sharing or disseminating another's information or material with one's own audience.

Noun

signal boost (plural signal boosts)

  1. an instance of sharing or disseminating another's information or material with one's own audience
    • Thanks for the signal boost on my crowdfunding campaign!
  2. an increase in the capacity, strength, or range of a signal
    • Taking advantage of acoustical resonances results in a signal boost and enables highly sensitive analyzers with low detection limits.2012, M. Wolff with B. Kost and B. Baumann, “Shape-Optimized Photoacoustic Cell: Numerical Consolidation and Experimental Confirmation”, in International Journal of Thermophysics, volume 33, numbers...

Verb

signal boost (third-person singular simple present signal boosts, present participle signal boosting, simple past and past participle signal boosted)

  1. to share or disseminate another's information or material with one's own audience
    • On her blog, Mel tries to signal boost every petition for legalizing sex robots that she comes across.
    • Since the mainstream media anoints only a few scholars as thought leaders or public intellectuals, the work of some marginalized scholars remains underappreciated. In order to combat this, I signal boost the work of black academics on social media.2017, Nyasha Junior, “The Scholarly Network”, in Journal of Biblical Literature, volume 136, number 1, →DOI, page 126

Forms of signal boost

Noun
pluralsignal boosts
Verb
third-person singular presentsignal boosts
present participlesignal boosting
past participlesignal boosted
pastsignal boosted

Questions about signal boost

What does signal boost mean?
Signal boost means an instance of sharing or disseminating another's information or material with one's own audience.
What part of speech is signal boost?
Signal boost can be a noun or a verb.
What is the plural of signal boost?
The plural of signal boost is signal boosts.

Words near signal boost in the dictionary

  1. signage
  2. signages
  3. signal
  4. signal aspect
  5. signal aspects
  6. signal boost
  7. signal boosted
  8. signal boosting
  9. signal boosts
  10. signal box
  11. signal boxes

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