noun
ADJECTIVE
▪ considerable , great , powerful , strong , tremendous
▪ main , major
▪ immediate , initial , original
▪ fresh , new , renewed
▪
Each new revelation added fresh ~ to the campaign.
▪ added , extra , further
▪ necessary
▪
His disappointment in the championships provided the necessary ~ to give everything for this final race.
VERB + IMPETUS
▪ add , give sb/sth , lend sth , provide (sb/sth with)
▪
The riots lent ~ to attempts to improve conditions for prisoners.
▪ gain , receive
▪
The movement is steadily gaining ~.
▪ lose
▪
With the death of its founder, the campaign lost much of its ~.
IMPETUS + VERB
▪ come from sth
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Much of the ~ for change came from customers' opinions.
PREPOSITION
▪ ~ behind sb/sth
▪
The main ~ behind the move west was to find gold and other minerals.
▪ ~ for
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the ~ for arms control agreements
▪ ~ towards/toward
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the ~ towards/toward urban development