momentum

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UK /ˌmə(ʊ)ˈmɛntəm/ US /ˌmoʊˈmɛntəm/

noun 4

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(noun.)

ADJ

considerable, great, irresistible | initial

fresh

The new manager brought fresh momentum to the struggling project.

VERB + MOMENTUM

have

The new product launch has gained real momentum since the celebrity endorsement.

build up, gain, gather, increase

The campaign began to gain momentum after the celebrity announced her support.

create, give sth, provide | keep up, maintain, sustain

lose

After winning three games in a row, the players lost momentum when their best athlete got injured.

slow

MOMENTUM + VERB

build up, increase

The team's momentum went after they conceded two quick goals in the second half.

PREP

~ for

The campaign gained momentum for change after the local news covered the story.

~ towards

The campaign has built considerable momentum towards making the city more environmentally friendly.

PHRASES

keep the momentum going

The team worked hard to keep the momentum going after their first victory.

Definitions

noun

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.

Strength or force gained by motion or movement.

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

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.

The surmise of an accelerated price trend in the analysis (technical or fundamental) of an asset.

Thesaurus

Synonyms

noun — an impelling force or strength

impulse

Antonyms

Idioms & Phrases

gain momentum

To increase something's own speed while being acted on by gravity.

Example Bank

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

Wiktionary

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.

Wiktionary

Though his account of written communication over the past 5,000 years necessarily has a powerful forward momentum, his diversions down the fascinating byways of the subject are irresistible ...

Wiktionary

As the days passed, our campaign grew in momentum.

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Newton's Second Law says: "Force is equal to the change in momentum per change in time. For a constant mass, force equals mass times acceleration".

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This is due to conservation of angular momentum.

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