Expressions used in Everyday Spoken English in Social and Professional contexts
impulse | impulsive
impulse
1) urge to act without thought of consequences
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- impulse purchase, act on impulse, be very impulsive
- AnalysisAn 'impulse' is a sudden or strong urge to do something or to act in a particular way. An impulse is also something that causes something else to happen. In physics and impulse is it a force that produces a change of momentum and can also refer to pulses of electricity.
- Social Examples (Basic)
- I just did it on impulse. It seemed like the right decision at the time.
- He hadn't planned to buy the guitar, but he couldn't resist it. It was an impulse purchase.
- He was a very impulsive person, so he booked a flight as soon as he saw the advertisement.
- It was an impulsive decision and one which he regretted almost immediately.
- The child was acting on impulse when he put the hot food in his mouth. He didn't know it would burn his tongue.
- The criminal said that he acted on impulse when he carried out the robbery.
- I don't plan things very well. I tend to just act on impulse and see what happens.
- Professional Examples (Basic)
- We need to make decisions based on data and analytics and not act on impulse.
- I acted on impulse and now realise it was a bad move for the business.
- the drop in property prices was the impulse for us to buy a new site.
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