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• impetus — im|pe|tus [ ımpətəs ] noun singular or uncount 1. ) a force that helps something to happen or develop more quickly: impetus for: The committee s report may provide further impetus for reform. gain/lose impetus: The peace process has been steadily …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

• impetus — UK [ˈɪmpɪtəs] / US [ˈɪmpətəs] noun [singular/uncountable] 1) a force that helps something to happen or develop more quickly impetus for: The committee s report may provide further impetus for reform. gain/lose impetus: The peace process has been… …   English dictionary

• impetus — noun (U) 1 feeling an influence that makes people or helps something to develop or continue doing something: gain/lose impetus: The campaign is already gaining impetus. | As a result of this failure, a lot of the initial impetus was lost. (+ for) …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

• impetus — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ considerable, great, powerful, strong, tremendous ▪ main, major ▪ immediate, initial …   Collocations dictionary

• lose — verb 1 not keep ADVERB ▪ forever VERB + LOSE ▪ be about to, be going to, be likely to, stand to ▪ The company stands to lose if this deal falls through …   Collocations dictionary

• run out of (or lose) steam — informal lose impetus or enthusiasm. → steam …   English new terms dictionary

• run out of steam — (informal) To be forced to stop through loss of impetus, strength or energy • • • Main Entry: ↑steam * * * run out of/lose/steam phrase to lose energy, enthusiasm, or importance David seems to be running out of steam …   Useful english dictionary

• steam — noun 1》 the hot vapour into which water is converted when heated, which condenses in the air into a mist of minute water droplets. 2》 the expansive force of this vapour used as a source of power for machines. 3》 momentum; impetus: the dispute… …   English new terms dictionary

• Gang of Four — The Gang of Four (zh stp|s=四人帮|t=四人幫|p=Sìrén bāng) was the name given to a leftist political faction composed of four Chinese Communist party officials. They came to prominence during the Cultural Revolution (1966 76) and were subsequently… …   Wikipedia

• Lahore Declaration — The Lahore Declaration was a bilateral agreement between India and Pakistan signed on February 21, 1999 by the then Prime Minister of India Atal Bihari Vajpayee and the then Prime Minister of Pakistan Nawaz Sharif at the conclusion of a historic… …   Wikipedia

• Folklore Society —    The Folk Lore Society was founded in January 1878 (it kept the hyphen till 1968), and was thus the first society in the world devoted to the subject. There had been protracted correspondence in *N&Q in 1876 7, initiated by Eliza *Gutch ( St… …   A Dictionary of English folklore