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подбу́да — meaning in English

podbuda

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English meaning

  • impetus noun Something that drives or encourages an action to happen; a driving force.
  • impulse noun A sudden strong urge to act, often without thinking it through.
  • incentive noun Something that motivates or encourages a particular action.
  • incitement noun A call to act; encouragement to act, often in an illegal way.
  • inducement noun An incentive that helps bring about a desired state.
  • motivation noun The desire, drive, or reason behind a person's actions.
  • spur noun A spiked device worn on a rider's boot heel to urge a horse forward.
  • stimulus noun Something that triggers a reaction or response.

Senses

подбу́да is used for these senses in English:

  • impetus A force, either internal or external, that impels; an impulse.
  • impulse A wish or urge, particularly a sudden one prompting action.
  • incentive Something that motivates, rouses, or encourages.
  • incitement A call to act; encouragement to act, often in an illegal way.
  • inducement An incentive that helps bring about a desired state.
  • motivation Something which motivates.
  • spur (figurative) Anything that inspires or motivates, as a spur does a horse.
  • stimulus An external phenomenon that has an influence on a system, by triggering or modifying an internal phenomenon; for example, a spur or incentive that drives a person to take action or change behaviour.

impulse — full definition

  1. noun A sudden strong urge to act, often without thinking it through.
  2. noun A sudden force or push that sets something in motion.

Related Bulgarian words