momentum

CEFRC1

/ˌmə(ʊ)ˈmɛntəm/

noun

Türkçe translations

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In plain English

  1. 01

    noun

    The force that keeps a moving object moving.

  2. 02

    noun

    Growing strength or progress in an activity or situation.

Examples

  • As the days passed, our campaign grew in momentum.

  • The fight for his release gathers momentum each day.

At a glance

Sits at C1 on the CEFR scale

Senses
5
Parts of speech
1
Citations
2

Also pronounced

  • /ˌməʉˈmentəm/
  • /ˌmoʊˈmɛntəm/

Deep Dive

noun

Extra meanings

  1. Strength or force gained by motion or movement.

  2. The impetus, either of a body in motion, or of an idea or course of events; a moment.

  3. Of a body in motion: the tendency of a body to maintain its inertial motion; the product of its mass and velocity, or the vector sum of the products of its masses and velocities.

More examples

In context

  • This is due to conservation of angular momentum.

  • The travellers swarm forth from the cars. All are full of the momentum which they have caught from their mode of conveyance.

  • Their intention to become husband and wife, at first halting and timorous, had accumulated momentum with the lapse of hours, till it now bore down every obstacle in its course.

Quick test

Two questions on this entry. Nothing is scored.

Question 1 · Quick check

The ball rolling down the hill gained blank and moved faster with time.

Practise this properly in the app, where the word comes back before you forget it.

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Origin

noun

From Latin mōmentum. Doublet of moment and movement.