IMPACT


Meaning of IMPACT in English

(~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

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