Meaning & use
inspiration
A feeling of enthusiasm that leads to creative or motivated action, or a person or thing that provides such a feeling.
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Watching her grandmother paint was the inspiration behind her own art career.
The coach's speech was a source of inspiration for the exhausted team.
A note on using this word
Inspiration can describe either the internal feeling of being motivated or the external person, event, or thing that caused that feeling.
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