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Meanings of impetus in English
Synonyms
Examples for "impulse"
Examples for "impulse"
1
The solution was more the result of an impulse than careful planning.
2
The savage has only impulse; the civilized man has impulses and ideas.
3
The impulse behind H&F's ambitions seems to come from a different place.
4
In the spirit of mischief, he followed the impulse of the moment.
5
Still, quite a lot of the original impulse behind MacKaye's vision survives.
1
However, industry sources said that the deadline may drift into early July.
2
Get-togethers between friends often naturally drift toward other activities as interests change.
3
The intercontinental drift of consumer culture is far from a simple back-and-forth.
4
People are exposed through spray drift, residues on food and water contamination.
5
Type B change only by the more gradual process of antigenic drift.
1
The cold air and rain were cooling off the surface of impulsion.
2
Her songs were shot off on the impulsion; prose was the heavy task.
3
The mode of accomplishing that is by the force of impulsion.
4
The cause of an action is divided into impulsion and ratiocination.
5
Why, then, with no natural impulsion, did he risk the gallows?
Usage of impetus in English
1
This has apparently been given a new impetus by events in Indonesia.
2
Crisis becomes the impetus for open and honest discussions on a team.
3
Several companies identify Dodd-Frank as the impetus for their new clawback policies.
4
The impetus of her anger carried her past the point of reaction.
5
She doesn't believe there is enough impetus for change within the council.
6
The Belfast Agreement has provided a new impetus for co-operation, he says.
7
The war-wave rolls then with the impetus and weight of an idea.
8
The deals add impetus to the wave of US cable industry consolidation.
9
I hope tomorrow we will give an impetus for more intensive talks.
10
One possibility is that Satyam could provide an impetus for regulatory change.
11
The Germans had lost in men and impetus during their long advance.
12
As with Cybele, that impetus came from outside and sounds strikingly similar.
13
Since then, the impetus towards salaried, full-time local politicians has gathered pace.
14
But it acquired a new impetus with the advent of the Internet.
15
The impetus of the descent carried them into the chill, purling current.
16
Often the impetus for pathological anger is too daunting to confront directly.
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Impetus through the time
Impetus across language varieties
Ireland
Common
United Kingdom
Common
United States of America
Common