IMPACT


Meaning of IMPACT in English

The noun is pronounced /ɪmpækt/. The verb is pronounced /ɪmpækt/.

( impacted)

Frequency: The word is one of the 1500 most common words in English.

1.

The impact that something has on a situation, process, or person is a sudden and powerful effect that it has on them.

They say they expect the meeting to have a marked impact on the future of the country...

When an executive comes into a new job, he wants to quickly make an impact.

N-COUNT : usu sing , oft N on n

2.

An impact is the action of one object hitting another, or the force with which one object hits another.

The plane is destroyed, a complete wreck: the pilot must have died on impact...

N-VAR

3.

To impact on a situation, process, or person means to affect them.

Such schemes mean little unless they impact on people.

...the potential for women to impact the political process.

VERB : V on/upon n , V n

4.

If one object impacts on another, it hits it with great force. ( FORMAL )

...the sharp tinkle of metal impacting on stone...

When a large object impacts the Earth, it makes a crater.

VERB : V on/upon/with n , V n

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