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Narrator: Today's word is "Propel" — verb, pronounced /prəˈpel/, with the stress on "pel".
Narrator: To propel means to push or drive something forward with force.
Narrator: In plain English, you shove it forwards.
Narrator: It comes from the Latin propellere, to drive forward.
Narrator: A common collocation is "propel into the spotlight", which describes sudden fame.
Narrator: It differs from "push", because propel suggests power and speed.
Narrator: In a figurative sense, events propel people into new situations.
Narrator: Engineering, sport, business and journalism all rely on the word.
Narrator: So remember: to propel is to drive forward.
Speaker A: How does a rocket propel itself?
Speaker B: By pushing gas backwards! PROPEL comes from the Latin propellere.
Speaker A: Newton's third law?
Speaker B: Exactly.
Speaker A: Example sentences?
Speaker B: "Engines propel the ship", machines. "One song propelled her to fame", success. "He was propelled forward in the crash", force.
Speaker A: Common mistakes?
Speaker B: Double the "l" in propelled and propelling.
Speaker A: Close relatives?
Speaker B: Drive is its cousin, thrust is its twin, and launch is the dramatic alternative, but propel keeps its forward charm!
Speaker B: Let's use "propel" in AI prompts — useful for physics simulations and career coaching.
Speaker A: How would physics simulations use it?
Speaker B: Model motion.
Prompt: Simulate a ball propelled at twenty metres per second at forty-five degrees and plot its path.
Speaker A: And career coaching?
Speaker B: Reflect on growth.
Prompt: List three skills that could propel a junior analyst to a senior role.
Speaker A: Could it help marketing?
Speaker B: Yes, momentum.
Prompt: Suggest tactics that could propel our app into the top hundred downloads.
Speaker A: One more?
Speaker B: Games.
Prompt: Code a jump pad that propels the player upward with double the normal force.
Propel — meaning in Arabic & definition More P courses GL Dictionary