Definitions for impetus

impetus im·pe·tus

Spelling: [im-pi-tuh s]
IPA: /ˈɪm pɪ təs/

Impetus is a 7 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 11 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 14 points.

You can make 230 anagrams from letters in impetus (eimpstu).

Definitions for impetus

noun

  1. a moving force; impulse; stimulus:
  2. (broadly) the momentum of a moving body, especially with reference to the cause of motion.

Origin of impetus

1650-60; Latin: an attack, literally, a rushing into, perhaps by haplology from *impetitus (though the expected form would be *impetītus; see appetite), equivalen

Examples for impetus

The impetus of the crowd had carried Miette and Silvere along in this direction.

The Arizona law seems to apply to services beyond those tied to weddings, but same-sex weddings are the impetus for these bills.

Finding someone to carry on the legacy of the DVF brand was part of the impetus behind her forthcoming E!

The impetus behind this decision was a desire to change the odds for children like my cousin and me.

There was no shock of any kind; the bridge had no impetus except from its own weight.

These candidates all claimed that God was the impetus and continuing force behind their campaigns.

My friend, Eleanor, who actually was also the impetus for my writing Running on Empty, was not a Very Good Girl.

But now Vere had given an impetus to him—and that was surely stranger.

But the shock was insufficient to repel the impetus of the charge.

It was indeed the doctor, who, carried by the impetus, rolled into the room.

Word Value for impetus
Scrable

11

Words with friends

14

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