IMPULSE


Meaning of IMPULSE in English

noun

1 sudden strong wish

ADJECTIVE

▪ strong

▪ irresistible

▪ first , initial , original

My first ~ was to run away.

▪ sudden

▪ human

▪ basic

▪ instinctual , natural

▪ repressed

▪ conflicting , contradictory , contrary

▪ aggressive , murderous , violent

▪ suicidal

▪ destructive

▪ creative

▪ sexual

VERB + IMPULSE

▪ feel , have

She felt a sudden ~ to look to her left.

▪ be subject to

We are all subject to aggressive ~s.

▪ be driven by

▪ check , control , deny , fight , resist , restrain , stifle , suppress

He fought down an ~ to scream.

▪ give in to , obey , yield to

She gave in to an ~ and took the money.

▪ act on , follow

Acting on ~, he picked up the keys and slipped them into his pocket.

IMPULSE + NOUN

▪ buy , purchase

The little black designer dress had been an ~ buy.

▪ item ( esp. AmE )

Supermarkets sell candy as ~ items at the checkout counter.

▪ buying

▪ buyer

▪ control

PREPOSITION

▪ on (an) ~

Some people will buy a pet on ~ without any idea of what is involved.

On an ~, I went in and bought a box of chocolates.

▪ ~ towards/toward

basic ~s towards/toward things such as food and drink

2 movement of energy

ADJECTIVE

▪ electrical , nerve , neural

VERB + IMPULSE

▪ generate

A neuron generates an electrical ~.

▪ send , transmit

Nerve ~s are transmitted to the brain.

▪ convert sth into , transform sth into

Radio waves are converted into electrical ~s.

3 sth that causes sb/sth to do sth

ADJECTIVE

▪ democratic , political , religious

IMPULSE + VERB

▪ lead (sb/sth) to sth , prompt sb/sth (to do sth)

the ~ that prompted economic change

PREPOSITION

▪ ~ behind

the ~ behind a concept

▪ ~ for

the ~ for social reform

▪ ~ towards/toward

the political ~s towards/toward joining a trade union

Oxford Collocations English Dictionary.      Оксфордский английский словарь словосочетаний .