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impulse
adjectives
strong
• He had a strong impulse to punch Stan in the face.
irresistible
(= very strong )
• I felt an irresistible impulse to giggle.
a sudden impulse
• She felt a sudden impulse to play some music.
somebody's first/initial impulse
• Her first impulse was to turn and walk away.
a natural impulse
• My natural impulse was to shout for help.
verbs
have/feel an impulse to
• Rosa had an impulse to tell Henry the truth.
resist/control an impulse
(= not do something, even though you have an impulse to do it )
• Derek resisted the impulse to eat any more cake.
act on an impulse
(= do something because you have a sudden desire to do it )
• Acting on an impulse, he decided to visit his sister.
obey an impulse
formal ( also yield to an impulse literary ) (= do something because you have a sudden very strong desire to do it )
• Yielding to an impulse, she called him on her mobile phone.
impulse + NOUN
an impulse buy
(= buying something without having planned it )
• She admitted that the necklace had been an impulse buy.
phrases
do something on impulse
(= do something without having planned it )
• James bought her some flowers on impulse.
have an incentive
• Companies have an incentive to maximize efficiency.
give/offer somebody an incentive
• If you want people to change their behaviour, it's a good idea to offer them some kind of incentive.
provide somebody with an incentive
• Good teachers provide their students with incentives to learn.
create an incentive
• We need to create an incentive for people to recycle their rubbish.
act as an incentive
(= be an incentive )
• The chance of promotion acts as an incentive for many employees.
a strong/powerful incentive
• The possibility of acquiring wealth acts as a strong incentive in many people's lives.
a significant incentive
• The high financial rewards provide a significant incentive.
a greater incentive
• The scheme gives industry a greater incentive to tackle pollution.
the main incentive
• What is the main incentive for people to join the army?
an extra/added incentive
• The cash prize gives contestants an added incentive to do well.
economic/financial incentives
(= money that is offered to someone as an incentive )
• Doctors are encouraged through financial incentives to work in poor areas.
NOUN + incentive
cash incentives
• The scheme gives farmers cash incentives to manage the countryside for wildlife.
tax incentives
(= a reduction in tax, offered to people as an incentive )
• Tax incentives are provided for employees to buy shares in their own companies.
price incentives
(= lower prices, offered to people as an incentive )
• The strong December sales were attributed to attractive price incentives.
incentive + NOUN
an incentive scheme/system
• The incentive scheme was introduced to encourage companies to use renewable energy sources.
have little/no incentive to do something
• Poor farmers have little incentive to grow crops for export.
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noun sudden strong wish ADJ. strong | irresistible | first, original My first impulse was to run away. | sudden | basic | instinctual, natural | repressed | conflicting, contradictory, contrary | aggressive, violent | creative | sexual VERB + IMPULSE feel, have She felt a sudden impulse to look to her left. | be subject to We are all subject to aggressive impulses. | be driven by | check, control, deny, fight (back/down), resist, restrain, stifle, suppress He fought down an impulse to scream. | give in to, obey, yield to She gave in to an impulse and took the money. | act on Acting on impulse, he picked up the keys and slipped them into his pocket. | buy sth on Some people will buy a puppy on impulse without any idea of what is involved. IMPULSE + VERB arise Impulses that are repeatedly denied can arise in other forms. IMPULSE + NOUN buy, purchase The little black designer dress had been an impulse buy. | buying | buyer PREP. on (an) ~ On an impulse, I went into the shop and bought a box of chocolates. | ~ towards basic impulses towards things such as food and drink movement of energy ADJ. electrical, nerve/nervous VERB + IMPULSE transmit Nerve impulses are transmitted to the brain. | convert sth into, transform sth into Radio waves are converted into electrical impulses. sth that causes sb/sth to do sth ADJ. positive | political, social IMPULSE + VERB lead (sb/sth) to sth, prompt (sb/sth to sth) the impulse that prompted economic change PREP. ~ behind the impulse behind a concept | ~ for the impulse for social reform | ~ toward the political impulses towards joining a trade union
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