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noun
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the striking of one thing against another; forceful contact; collision: The impact of the colliding cars broke the windshield.
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an impinging: the impact of light on the eye.
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influence; effect: the impact of Einstein on modern physics.
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an impacting; forcible impinging: the tremendous impact of the shot.
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the force exerted by a new idea, concept, technology, or ideology: the impact of the industrial revolution.
verb (used with object)
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to drive or press closely or firmly into something; pack in.
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to fill up; congest; throng: A vast crowd impacted St. Peter's Square.
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to collide with; strike forcefully: a rocket designed to impact the planet Mars.
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verb (used without object)
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to have impact or make contact forcefully: The ball impacted against the bat with a loud noise.
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to have an impact or effect: Increased demand will impact on sales.
Related forms
non·im·pact, noun, adjective
post·im·pact, adjective
Usage note
The verb impact has developed the transitive sense “to have an impact or effect on” (The structured reading program has done more to impact the elementary schools than any other single factor) and the intransitive sense “to have an impact or effect” (The work done at the computer center will impact on the economy of Illinois and the nation). Although recent, the new uses are entirely standard and most likely to occur in formal speech and writing.
The verb impact has developed the transitive sense “to have an impact or effect on” (The structured reading program has done more to impact the elementary schools than any other single factor) and the intransitive sense “to have an impact or effect” (The work done at the computer center will impact on the economy of Illinois and the nation). Although recent, the new uses are entirely standard and most likely to occur in formal speech and writing.
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Word Origin & History
impact
c.1600, "press closely into something," from L. impactus, pp. of impingere "to push into, dash against" (see impinge). Originally sense preserved in impacted teeth (1876). Sense of "strike forcefully against something" first recorded 1916. Figurative sense began with use
EXPANDas a noun (1817, first in Coleridge) meaning "effect of coming into contact with a thing or person."
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