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Meanings of drift in inglés

portugués
arrancada
catalán
impulsió

A force that moves something along.

arrancada
portugués
tendência
catalán
corrent
español
corriente

A general tendency to change (as of opinion)

corriente
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Examples for "impetus"
Examples for "impetus"
1
This has apparently been given a new impetus by events in Indonesia.
The Irish Times
2
Crisis becomes the impetus for open and honest discussions on a team.
Unleashing the power of rubber bands: lessons in non-linear lead...
3
Several companies identify Dodd-Frank as the impetus for their new clawback policies.
Reuters
4
The impetus of her anger carried her past the point of reaction.
Hell House
5
She doesn't believe there is enough impetus for change within the council.
The Guardian
1
The cold air and rain were cooling off the surface of impulsion.
The Incredible Shrinking Man
2
Her songs were shot off on the impulsion; prose was the heavy task.
Diana of the Crossways — Volume 1
3
The mode of accomplishing that is by the force of impulsion.
From the Earth to the Moon; and, Round the Moon
4
The cause of an action is divided into impulsion and ratiocination.
The Orations of Marcus Tullius Cicero, Volume 4
5
Why, then, with no natural impulsion, did he risk the gallows?
A Book of Scoundrels
español
galería

A horizontal (or nearly horizontal) passageway in a mine.

galería
portugués
vadiar
catalán
vagar
español
descarriarse

Move about aimlessly or without any destination, often in search of food or employment.

descarriarse
Usage of drift in inglés
1
However, industry sources said that the deadline may drift into early July.
The Irish Times
2
Get-togethers between friends often naturally drift toward other activities as interests change.
Wired
3
The intercontinental drift of consumer culture is far from a simple back-and-forth.
Wired
4
People are exposed through spray drift, residues on food and water contamination.
The Guardian
5
Type B change only by the more gradual process of antigenic drift.
Reuters
6
The ship did not just drift off course, it started to sink.
The Guardian
7
Nor did he mention the drift net he had seen that morning.
Depths
8
The Government outlawed salmon drift net fishing on the Shannon in 2007.
The Irish Times
9
Even our hut was but a smaller drift in the general picture.
The Blue Birds' Winter Nest
10
Any unevenness in the acceleration and compression of the air produces drift.
The Aeroplane Speaks
11
And in the drift of his silence the vision capriciously failed him.
The Best Short Stories of 1915, and the Yearbook of the American...
12
The same may be said of the drift of population in America.
Germany and the Germans from an American Point of View
13
Mr Reynolds misses the vital point - that drift netting is indiscriminate.
The Irish Times
14
Grave questions arise in connection with immigration, health, and the cityward drift.
Problems in American Democracy
15
The drift stuff was upwards of thirteen feet high in the gum-trees.
Explorations in Australia / The Journals of John McDouall Stuart...
16
The drift of events placed the protesting Republicans in an embarrassing situation.
Twenty Years of Congress, Volume 2 / From Lincoln to Garfield, w...
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Drift through the time
Drift across language varieties
United Kingdom
Common
Ireland
Common
Australia
Common
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