What (who) is impact - definition
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impact
(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
Impact
·vt To drive close; to press firmly together: to wedge into a place.
II. Impact ·noun Contact or impression by touch; collision; forcible contact; force communicated.
III. Impact ·noun The single instantaneous stroke of a body in motion against another either in motion or at rest.
impact
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n.
1) to have an impact on, upon
2) a considerable, strong; dramatic; emotional impact
3) on impact (the pole collapses on impact)
II
v. (esp. AE) (d; intr.) to impact on
Wikipedia
Impact
Impact may refer to:
- Impact (mechanics), a high force or shock (mechanics) over a short time period
- Impact, Texas, a town in Taylor County, Texas, US
Pronunciation examples for impact
1. impact.
Criminology - A Very Short Introduction _ Tim Newburn _ Talks at Google
2. impact.
The Klutz Book of Inventions _ Brendan Boyle _ Talks at Google
3. Impact."
The Basis of Sex _ Justin Theroux & Mimi Leder _ Talks at Google
4. impact.
The Education of Millionaires - It's Not What You Think _ Michael Ellsberg _ Talks at Google
5. impact--
Daniel Goleman + More _ Talks at Google
Examples of use of impact
1. INTERNET IMPACT The Internet has also had a big impact.
2. These samples will allow the project‘s international science teams to research the post–impact environment, impact–related processes, and the impact process itself.
3. "If you ask what is the impact of diversity training today, you have to say 75 percent is junk and will have little impact or no impact or negative impact," Bendick said.
4. NATIONAL IMPACT The storm was having a national impact as gasoline prices soared.
5. He called for a demographic impact statement on the impact of the bill.