impact
IPA: ɪmpˈækt
noun
- The striking of one body against another; collision.
- The force or energy of a collision of two objects.
- (chiefly medicine) A forced impinging.
- (figurative, proscribed) A significant or strong influence or effect.
verb
- (transitive) To collide or strike, the act of impinging.
- (transitive) To compress; to compact; to press into something or pack together.
- (transitive, figurative, proscribed) To significantly or strongly influence or affect; to have an impact on.
- (transitive, rare) To stamp or impress onto something.
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Examples of "impact" in Sentences
- The impact of the border was harsh.
- The Impact won the inaugural tournament.
- The impact was sensational and immediate.
- The impact is the reviews and the citations.
- There is prevalence and impact of depression.
- The effects impact both the body and the mind.
- Impact of the dissolution of the Soviet Union.
- The effect of the impact increased to a multitude.
- The social impact of the product is the most rewarding result.
- Litz wire reduces the impact of the skin effect and the proximity effect.
- "There's still a lot of wariness of what that long-term impact is going to be."
- Mr. Roberts said the company can better absorb the margin impact from the deal now that costs are lowered.
- The opportunity to hyper personalize communication and accurately track our members and their impact is here.
- But their impact is usually as decaying, moisture-laden tropical storms (wind speeds under 74 miles per hour) or their remnants, rather than hurricanes.
- You guys are delusional … Flora brings together excellent quotes, and the main impact is … (as she puts in her piece), “the war will only be lost at home”.
- I define and use the term impact indicators as those issues that directly affect positively or negatively food security such as population, water, land, and economic growth/development.
- A number of studies on the social impact of the Tangaye project were undertaken by Roberts. 3 These studies examined the impact of mechanising arduous, time-consuming village tasks on the life of women, with the power source viewed as a black-box. 4 They were studies of the effects of pumped water supply and a power-operated grain mill in a remote village.