Note that the impetus for change has undergone a series of transformations in this community.
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Impetus
//ˈɪm.pə.təs//
Synonyms for "impetus" (73 found)
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Closest matches (15)
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Related words (36)
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69 translations across 20 languages.
Azerbaijani
3 entries- stimul noun (something that impels)
- təkan noun (something that impels)
- təkan noun (a force, either internal or external, that impels; an impulse)
Bengali
2 entries- উদ্দীপনা noun (something that impels)
- উদ্দীপনা noun (the force or energy associated with a moving body; a stimulus)
Bulgarian
4 entries- импулс noun (a force, either internal or external, that impels; an impulse)
- подбуда noun (a force, either internal or external, that impels; an impulse)
- реакция noun (an activity in response to a stimulus)
- стимул noun (something that impels)
Czech
3 entries- impuls noun (a force, either internal or external, that impels; an impulse)
- podnět noun (something that impels)
- stimul noun (the force or energy associated with a moving body; a stimulus)
Danish
1 entries- drivkraft noun (a force, either internal or external, that impels; an impulse)
Dutch
4 entries- aanleiding noun (something that impels)
- drijvende kracht noun (the force or energy associated with a moving body; a stimulus)
- impuls noun (something that impels)
- impuls noun (a force, either internal or external, that impels; an impulse)
Esperanto
1 entries- impeto noun (something that impels)
Finnish
3 entries- liikevoima noun (the force or energy associated with a moving body; a stimulus)
- sysäys noun (something that impels)
- sysäys noun (a force, either internal or external, that impels; an impulse)
French
1 entries- élan noun (a force, either internal or external, that impels; an impulse)
German
4 entries- Anschub noun (something that impels)
- Anschub noun (the force or energy associated with a moving body; a stimulus)
- Anstoß noun (something that impels)
- Antrieb noun (something that impels)
Italian
2 entries- impulso noun (something that impels)
- spinta noun (something that impels)
Māori
2 entries- kipakipa noun (something that impels)
- āinga noun (something that impels)
Norwegian
1 entries- drivkraft noun (a force, either internal or external, that impels; an impulse)
Occitan
4 entries- estimulacion noun (an activity in response to a stimulus)
- estimulús noun (the force or energy associated with a moving body; a stimulus)
- impulsion noun (something that impels)
- impulsion noun (a force, either internal or external, that impels; an impulse)
Persian
4 entries- انگیختار noun (the force or energy associated with a moving body; a stimulus)
- برانگیزنده noun (something that impels)
- برانگیزنده noun (the force or energy associated with a moving body; a stimulus)
- نیروی برانگیزنده noun (a force, either internal or external, that impels; an impulse)
Portuguese
2 entries- impulso noun (the force or energy associated with a moving body; a stimulus)
- ímpeto noun (a force, either internal or external, that impels; an impulse)
Russian
3 entries- и́мпульс noun (something that impels)
- сти́мул noun (something that impels)
- толчо́к noun (something that impels)
Serbo-Croatian
4 entries- impetus noun (something that impels)
- impetus noun (the force or energy associated with a moving body; a stimulus)
- impuls noun (something that impels)
- impuls noun (the force or energy associated with a moving body; a stimulus)
Spanish
1 entries- ímpetu noun (something that impels)
Ukrainian
3 entries- поштовх noun (something that impels)
- стимул noun (something that impels)
- імпульс noun (something that impels)
Sample sentences
10 total sentences available.
He did everything with great impetus.
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If there's no reward, what's the impetus to return their dog?
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The crisis should serve as an impetus, first of all, to the development of strategies for the future, and not only to the search for mistakes and the reasons for their occurrence in the past.
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