(~ed)
Frequency: The word is one of the 1500 most common words in English.
1.
The ~ 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 ~ on the future of the country...
When an executive comes into a new job, he wants to quickly make an ~.
N-COUNT: usu sing, oft N on n
2.
An ~ 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 ~...
N-VAR
3.
To ~ on a situation, process, or person means to affect them.
Such schemes mean little unless they ~ on people.
...the potential for women to ~ the political process.
VERB: V on/upon n, V n
4.
If one object ~s on another, it hits it with great force. (FORMAL)
...the sharp tinkle of metal ~ing on stone...
When a large object ~s the Earth, it makes a crater.
VERB: V on/upon/with n, V n