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impetus

(ɪmpɪtəs)
variable noun
Something that gives a process impetus or an impetus makes it happen or progress more quickly.
This decision will give renewed impetus to the economic regeneration of east London.
She was restless and needed a new impetus for her talent.
Synonyms: incentive, push, spur, motivation More Synonyms of impetus
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impetus in British English

(ˈɪmpɪtəs)
nounWord forms: plural -tuses
1. 
an impelling movement or force; incentive or impulse; stimulus
2.  physics
the force that sets a body in motion or that tends to resist changes in a body's motion
Word origin
C17: from Latin: attack, from impetere to assail, from im- (in) + petere to make for, seek out

impetus in American English

(ˈɪmpətəs)
nounWord forms: plural ˈimpetuses
1. 
the force with which a body moves against resistance, resulting from its mass and the velocity at which it is set in motion
2. 
anything that stimulates activity; driving force or motive; incentive; impulse
Word origin
L < impetere, to rush upon < in-, in + petere, to rush at: see feather

Examples of 'impetus' in a sentence
impetus

Throw in a smart bistro and an imaginative gift shop, and contemporary art provides the impetus for rural regeneration.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
With the new name has come a renewed creative impetus.
Times, Sunday Times (2011)
He says the expedition was given extra impetus by the failure of previous attempts.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
This book provides all the impetus you could need to get sowing and planting.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
He said the results should add impetus to campaigns encouraging people to use transport other than cars.
The Sun (2016)
They were married in the abbey and his wife added fresh impetus to his ministry.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
This will provide the impetus for further strong growth.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
Matilda the book is a marvellous oddity to which the musical gave a new shape and impetus.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
The renewed impetus is already yielding results.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
Bank policymakers have warned that an acceleration in pay demands could give extra impetus to inflation.
Times, Sunday Times (2011)
The research provided the impetus for a conservation programme.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
It may take further positive news to provide fresh impetus.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
The rise in house prices is thus given further impetus.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
His horrible system might have been given a new impetus.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
Above all a renewed impetus to international collaboration is required.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
The insistent organizing of veterans also provided the impetus for systematic psychiatric research.
Herman, Judith Lewis Trauma and Recovery (1992)
He has given us a fresh impetus.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
The coalition gave this renewed impetus.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
But you will sense the energy that gives impetus to its open-ended narrative.
Times, Sunday Times (2006)
The Cumbrian floods could give that bill added impetus.
Times, Sunday Times (2009)
Possibly that alone could provide the extra sales impetus it's looking for.
Times, Sunday Times (2009)
We have given a new impetus to our ability to make France shine in the world.
Times, Sunday Times (2009)
His return to fitness gave Wales that extra impetus in the final stretch of the championship.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
Any of the above news flow could provide further impetus, though that political risk makes the stock a speculative one.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
By altering the tactics and formation, he provided his side with added attacking impetus and by half-time they had scored twice.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
This was a pity as she would have brought much academic prestige to the post and given a new impetus to Japanese studies in Britain.
Times, Sunday Times (2009)

In other languages
impetus

British English: impetus NOUN
Something that gives a process impetus or an impetus makes it happen or progress more quickly.
The impetus for change came from lawyers.
  • American English: impetus
  • Brazilian Portuguese: ímpeto
  • Chinese: 推动力
  • European Spanish: ímpetu
  • French: impulsion
  • German: Schwung
  • Italian: impulso
  • Japanese: 衝動
  • Korean: 추진력
  • European Portuguese: ímpeto
  • Latin American Spanish: ímpetu

Chinese translation of 'impetus'

impetus

(ˈɪmpətəs)

n (u/s)

  1. 动(動)力 (dònglì)
1 (noun) 
Definition
an incentive or impulse
She needed a new impetus for her talent.
Synonyms
incentive
There is little incentive to adopt such measures.
push
spur
Redundancy is the spur for many to embark on new careers.
motivation
Money is my motivation.
impulse
Their impulse of broadcasting was for human rights.
stimulus
Falling interest rates could be a stimulus to the economy.
catalyst
goad
His distrust only acted as a goad to me to prove him wrong.
impulsion
2 (noun) 
Definition
the force that starts a body moving or that tends to resist changes in its speed or direction once it is moving
This decision will give renewed impetus to economic regeneration.
Synonyms
force
slamming the door behind her with all her force
power
the power of his rhetoric
energy
He was saving his energy for the big race in Belgium.
momentum
This campaign is really gaining momentum.

Additional synonyms

in the sense of energy
Definition
capacity for intense activity
He was saving his energy for the big race in Belgium.
Synonyms
strength,
might,
force,
power,
activity,
intensity,
stamina,
exertion,
forcefulness
in the sense of goad
Definition
something that provokes someone to take some kind of action
His distrust only acted as a goad to me to prove him wrong.
Synonyms
incentive,
urge,
spur,
motivation,
pressure,
stimulus,
stimulation,
impetus,
incitement
in the sense of impulse
Their impulse of broadcasting was for human rights.
Synonyms
force,
pressure,
push,
movement,
surge,
motive,
thrust,
momentum,
stimulus,
catalyst,
impetus

Synonyms of 'impetus'

impetus

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