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Impact
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun Impact has 4 senses
- impact(n = noun.event) Array - the striking of one body against another; Array has particulars: blow, bump, slam
- impact(n = noun.phenomenon) wallop - a forceful consequence; a strong effect; "the book had an important impact on my thinking"; "the book packs a wallop" is a kind of consequence, effect, event, issue, outcome, result, upshot
- impact(n = noun.act) encroachment, impingement - influencing strongly; "they resented the impingement of American values on European culture" is a kind of influence
- impact(n = noun.act) shock - the violent interaction of individuals or groups entering into combat; "the armies met in the shock of battle" is a kind of combat, fight, fighting, scrap
is a kind of contact, impinging, striking
Derived form verb impact2
Derived form verb impact2
Verb Impact has 2 senses
- impact(v = verb.contact) Array - press or wedge together; pack together; Array is one way to force, squeeze, wedge
- impact(v = verb.change) affect, bear on, bear upon, touch, touch on - have an effect upon; "Will the new rules affect me?" is one way to alter, change, modify
Derived form noun impaction1
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s something PP
Derived forms noun impact3, noun impact2
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody
Something ----s something
CIDE DICTIONARY
Impact, v. t. [L. impactus, p. p. of impingere to push, strike against. See Impinge.].
- To drive close; to press firmly together: to wedge into a place. Woodward. [1913 Webster]
- To affect or influence, especially in a significant or undesirable manner; as, budget cuts impacted the entire research program; the fish populations were adversely impacted by pollution. [PJC]
- To collide forcefully with; to strike. [PJC]
Impact, n.
- Contact or impression by touch; collision; forcible contact; force communicated. [1913 Webster]"The quarrel, by that impact driven." [1913 Webster]
- The single instantaneous stroke of a body in motion against another either in motion or at rest. [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
Impact, n. & v.
--n.
1 (often foll. by on, against) the action of one body coming forcibly into contact with another.
2 an effect or influence, esp. when strong.
--v.tr.
1 (often foll. by in, into) press or fix firmly.
2 (as impacted adj.) a (of a tooth) wedged between another tooth and the jaw. b (of a fractured bone) with the parts crushed together. c (of faeces) lodged in the intestine.
--n.
1 (often foll. by on, against) the action of one body coming forcibly into contact with another.
2 an effect or influence, esp. when strong.
--v.tr.
1 (often foll. by in, into) press or fix firmly.
2 (as impacted adj.) a (of a tooth) wedged between another tooth and the jaw. b (of a fractured bone) with the parts crushed together. c (of faeces) lodged in the intestine.
Derivative
impaction n.
Etymology
L impact- part. stem of impingere IMPINGE
THESAURUS
Impact
affect, affective meaning, altitude peak, appulse, automatic control, backlash, backwash, bearing, bed, blast-off, blow, bounce, brunt, buffet, bulldozing, bulling, bump, bumping, burden, burn, burnout, cannon, carambole, carom, ceiling, change, clash, clout, colliding, collision, coloring, concussion, confirm, connotation, consequence, consequences, contact, crack-up, cram in, crash, crashing, crowd in, crump, crunch, deep-dye, define, denotation, descent, drift, drive in, effect, embed, encounter, end of burning, engraft, engrave, entrench, essence, establish, etch, extension, fix, flight, force, force in, found, gist, grammatical meaning, ground, hammering, hit, idea, ignition, impingement, implant, implication, import, impress, impression, imprint, infix, influence, ingrain, inscribe, intension, jam, jam in, jar, jolt, jounce, knock in, launch, lexical meaning, lift-off, literal meaning, lodge, mark, mauling, meaning, meeting, modify, onslaught, overtone, pack, pack in, percussion, pertinence, pith, plant, plunge in, point, poke in, pound, pound in, practical consequence, press in, print, punch, purport, push in, quake, quiver, ram in, ramming, range of meaning, rap, reaction, real meaning, recoil, reference, referent, reflex, relation, relevance, repercussion, response, results, rock, rocket launching, root, run in, scope, seat, semantic cluster, semantic field, sense, set, set in, settle, shake, shock, shoot, shot, sideswipe, significance, signification, significatum, signifie, slap, sledgehammering, smash, smash-up, smashing, span of meaning, spirit, squeeze in, stamp, stereotype, strike, striking, stroke, structural meaning, stuff in, substance, sum, sum and substance, symbolic meaning, tamp in, tenor, thrust, thrust in, thrusting, totality of associations, trajectory, transferred meaning, tremble, tremor, unadorned meaning, undertone, value, velocity peak, wallop, wedge, wedge in, weight, whompROGET THESAURUS
Impact
Junction
VB join, unite, conjoin, connect, associate, put together, lay together, clap together, hang together, lump together, hold together, piece together, tack together, fix together, bind up together together, embody, reembody, roll into one, attach, fix, affix, saddle on, fasten, bind, secure, clinch, twist, make fast, tie, pinion, string, strap, sew, lace, tat, stitch, tack, knit, button, buckle, hitch, lash, truss, bandage, braid, splice, swathe, gird, tether, moor, picket, harness, chain, fetter, lock, latch, belay, brace, hook, grapple, leash, couple, accouple, link, yoke, bracket, marry, bridge over, span, braze, pin, nail, bolt, hasp, clasp, clamp, crimp, screw, rivet, impact, solder, set, weld together, fuse together, wedge, rabbet, mortise, miter, jam, dovetail, enchase, graft, ingraft, inosculate, entwine, intwine, interlink, interlace, intertwine, intertwist, interweave, entangle, twine round, belay, tighten, trice up, screw up, be joined, hang together, hold together, cohere.Impulse
N impulse, sudden thought, impromptu, improvisation, inspiration, flash, spurt, improvisatore, creature of impulse, extemporaneous, impulsive, indeliberate, snap, improvised, improvisate, improvisatory, unpremeditated, unmeditated, improvise, unprompted, unguided, natural, unguarded, spontaneous, instinctive, extempore, extemporaneously, offhand, impromptu, a limproviste, improviso, on the spur of the moment, on the spur of the occasion, impulse, impulsion, impetus, momentum, push, pulsion, thrust, shove, jog, jolt, brunt, booming, boost, throw, explosion, propulsion, percussion, concussion, collision, occursion, clash, encounter, cannon, carambole, appulse, shock, crash, bump, impact, elan, charge, beating, blow, dint, stroke, knock, tap, rap, slap, smack, pat, dab, fillip, slam, bang, hit, whack, thwack, cuff, squash, dowse, swap, whap, punch, thump, pelt, kick, punce, calcitration, ruade, arietation, cut, thrust, lunge, yerk, carom, carrom, clip, jab, plug, sidewinder, sidewipe, sideswipe, hammer, sledge hammer, mall, maul, mallet, flail, ram, rammer, battering ram, monkey, pile-driving engine, punch, bat, cant hook, cudgel, ax, dynamics, seismometer, accelerometer, earthquake detector, impelling, impulsive, impellent, booming, dynamic, dynamical, impelled, a hit, a very palpable hit.Insertion
VB insert, introduce, intromit, put into, run into, import, inject, interject, infuse, instill, inoculate, impregnate, imbue, imbrue, graft, ingraft, bud, plant, implant, dovetail, obtrude, thrust in, stick in, ram in, stuff in, tuck in, press, in, drive in, pop in, whip in, drop in, put in, impact, empierce, imbed, immerse, immerge, merge, bathe, soak, dip, plunge, bury, insert itself, lodge itself, plunge in medias res.
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