impact
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Latin impāctus, perfect passive participle of impingō (“dash against, impinge”).
Pronunciation[edit]
- (noun): enPR: imʹpăkt, IPA: /ˈɪmpækt/, X-SAMPA: /"Imp{kt/
- (verb): enPR: im-păktʹ, IPA: /ɪmˈpækt/, X-SAMPA: /Im"p{kt/
- Rhymes: -ækt
Noun[edit]
impact (plural impacts)
- The force or energy of a collision of two objects.
- The hatchet cut the wood on impact.
- (chiefly medicine) A forced impinging.
- His spine had an impingement; L4 and L5 made impact, which caused numbness in his leg.
- A significant or strong influence; an effect.
- His friend's opinion had an impact on his decision.
- Our choice of concrete will have a tremendous impact on the building's mechanical performance.
Usage notes[edit]
- Adjectives often applied to "impact": social, political, physical, positive, negative, good, bad, beneficial, harmful, significant, great, important, strong, big, small, real, huge, likely, actual, potential, devastating, disastrous, true, primary.
- The adposition generally used with "impact" is "on" (such as in last example in section above)
Derived terms[edit]
Terms derived from impact (noun)
Related terms[edit]
Translations[edit]
the force or energy of a collision of two objects
a forced impinging
a significant or strong influence
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Verb[edit]
impact (third-person singular simple present impacts, present participle impacting, simple past and past participle impacted)
- (transitive) To compress; to compact; to press or pack together.
- If fecal incontinence is caused by impacted stool in the rectum, the impaction must be removed.
- (transitive, proscribed) To influence; to affect; to have an impact on.
- I can make the changes, but it will impact the schedule.
- (transitive) To collide or strike.
- When the hammer impacts the nail, it bends.
Usage notes[edit]
Some authorities object to the use of impact to mean "to influence; to affect; to have an impact on" or to mean "to collide or strike". Such usage seems to be an adaptation of the colloquial noun form of impact to use as a verb.
Derived terms[edit]
Translations[edit]
to compress
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to influence
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to collide or strike
French[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Latin, see above.
Pronunciation[edit]
- IPA: /ɛ̃.pakt/
Noun[edit]
impact m (plural impacts)
- (literally or figuratively) impact
