push

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Estimated CEFR level: A2 — Elementary

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Definition

  1. noun the act of applying force in order to move something away
  2. noun the force used in pushing
  3. noun enterprising or ambitious drive

Etymology

From Middle English pushen, poshen, posson, borrowed from Middle French pousser (Modern French pousser) from Old French poulser, from Latin pulsare (“to beat, strike”), frequentative of pellere (past participle pulsus). Doublet of pulsate and pulse (verb). Partly displaced native Old English sċūfan, whence Modern English shove.

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