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stimuleren
To encourage or promote.
In a sentence
Het doel van deze activiteit is om creatief denken te stimuleren.
The goal of this activity is to stimulate creative thinking.
The word "stimuleren" here is used to refer to encouraging or motivating a mental process, specifically creative thinking.
De trainer stimuleert de deelnemers om hun grenzen te verleggen.
The trainer stimulates the participants to push their boundaries.
In this sentence, "stimuleren" is used to describe the action of encouraging individuals to step beyond their comfort zones.
Een goed leesprogramma stimuleert het leren bij kinderen.
A good reading program stimulates learning in children.
Here, "stimuleren" conveys the idea of facilitating or promoting an activity, in this case, learning among children.
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