impact
♦♦ im|pact (impacts impacting impacted)
The noun is pronounced /'ɪmpækt/ The verb is pronounced /ɪmp'ækt/
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...
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...
3 [VERB] V on/upon n, V n
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.
4 [VERB] V on/upon/with n, V n
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.
The noun is pronounced /'ɪmpækt/ The verb is pronounced /ɪmp'ækt/
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...
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...
3 [VERB] V on/upon n, V n
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.
4 [VERB] V on/upon/with n, V n
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.