- impact
- ♦♦impacts, impacting, impacted(The noun is pronounced [[t]ɪ̱mpækt[/t]]. The verb is pronounced [[t]ɪmpæ̱kt[/t]].)1) N-COUNT: usu sing, oft N on n 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...
The major impact of this epidemic worldwide is yet to come...
When an executive comes into a new job, he wants to quickly make an impact.
2) N-VAR 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...
A running track should be capable of absorbing the impact of a runner's foot landing on it.
3) VERB To impact on a situation, process, or person means to affect them.[V on/upon n] Such schemes mean little unless they impact on people...
[V on/upon n] That, in turn would increase pressure for higher wages and that, in turn, would impact on inflation and competition.
[V n] ...the potential for women to impact the political process.
Syn:Derived words:impacted ADJ-GRADED usu v-link ADJSomebody who is a foreign investor and more sensitive about the public profile will be more impacted by that pressure.
4) VERB If one object impacts on another, it hits it with great force. [FORMAL][V on/upon/with n] ...the sharp tinkle of metal impacting on stone...
[V on/upon/with n] According to the air force, the missile merely impacted with the ground prematurely...
[V n] When a large object impacts the Earth, it makes a crater similar to the craters which we see on the Moon. [Also V]
English dictionary. 2008.
