spur noun (ENCOURAGEMENT) - definition in British English Dictionary & Thesaurus

/spɜːr/

/spɝː/ n [C]

Definition

something that acts as an encouragement for an activity or development

The manager said that the team's win on Saturday would be a spur to even greater effort this season.

(Definition of spur noun (ENCOURAGEMENT) from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)

worried or nervous about something that is going to happen

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