impulse
/ˈɪmpʌls/
US pronunciation
American sound/ˈɪmpʌls/
impulse
- Syllables
- 2 syllables
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- 1st syllable stress
- Vowel
- Short i vowel
- Ending
- Final e often stays silent
im - pulse -> impulse
Myanmar meaning
(n) တွန်းအား။လှုံ့ဆော်ခြင်း။တွန်းနှင်အား။စိတ်လိုက်မာန်ပါ လုပ်ဆောင်ခြင်း။ရုတ်တရက်ပေါ်ပေါက်ဖြစ်ပေါ်သောအား။
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၁။ (က) [U, C usu sing ] ~ (to do sth ) ရုတ်တရက်ဖြစ်ပေါ်သောဆန္ဒ။ စိတ်ပေါက်ခြင်း။
resist / stifle an impulse ❍ He felt an irresistible impulse to giggle. ❍ On (an) impulse, I picked up the phone and rang my sister in Australia.
(ခ) [U] စိတ်လိုက်မာန်ပါရှိခြင်း။
a man of impulse.
၂။ [U, C usu sing ] တွန်းအား။ စေ့ဆော်မှု။
give an impulse to industrial expansion
❍ His performance lost impulse in the slow movement.
၃။ [C] ကြွက်သား၏အာရုံကြောကို နှိုးဆွမှု။
❑ impulse buying n [U] ကြိုတင်မစဉ်းစားထားဘဲ စိတ်ကူး ပေါက်သလိုဝယ်ခြင်း။
More examples
- [an impulse to do something] : Jenny felt a sudden impulse to play some music.
- [control/resist an impulse] : She struggled to resist the impulse to laugh.
- [on (an) impulse] : He saw them get into the car and on an impulse he followed them.
- [act on impulse] : Acting on impulse, he knocked on her door.
- The sexual/creative impulse
Synonyms
desire, urge, whim, wish, itch, fancy, inclination, yen, bent, actuation, appeal, augmentation, beat, bump, caprice, catalyst, compulsion, disposition, drive, excitant, extemporization, feeling, flash, force, goad, hunch, impellent, impetus, impulsion, incentive, incitation, incitement, influence, inspiration, instinct, lash, lust, mind, momentum, motivation, motive, motive power, movement, nerve, notion, passion, pressure, propulsion, pulsation, pulse, push, resolve, rush, shock, shove, signal, spontaneity, spur, stimulus, stroke, surge, thought, throb, thrust, tick, vagary, vibration, whimsy, yearning
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