Impact

Quick meaning: Impact is a noun meaning The striking of one body against another; collision.

Meaning

The striking of one body against another; collision.

More Meanings

1. The force or energy of a collision of two objects.
2. (figurative, proscribed) A significant or strong influence or effect.
3. (transitive) To collide or strike, the act of impinging.
4. (transitive) To compress; to compact; to press into something or pack together.
5. (transitive, figurative, proscribed) To significantly or strongly influence or affect; to have an impact on.
6. (transitive, rare) To stamp or impress onto something.
7. (chiefly medicine) A forced impinging.

Example Sentences

The hatchet cut the wood on impact.

When the hammer impacts the nail, it bends.

His friend's opinion had an impact on his decision.

His spine had an impingement; L4 and L5 made impact, which caused numbness in his leg.

Word Forms

• impacts
• impacting
• impacted

Synonyms for impact

Depending on context, synonyms include percussion, touch, affect, encroachment, shock, impingement.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include impingement, touch, encroachment, shock, affect, crash.

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