Meaning

4 senses
  1. (transitive)To collide or strike, the act of impinging.

    When the hammer impacts the nail, it bends.

    einschlagen, zusammenstossen, kollidieren

  2. (transitive)To compress; to compact; to press into something or pack together.

    The footprints of birds do not impact the soil in the way those of dinosaurs do.

    zusammenpressen

    press or wedge together; pack together

  3. (figuratively, proscribed, transitive)To significantly or strongly influence or affect; to have an impact on.

    I can make the changes, but it will impact the schedule.

    beeinflussen, einwirken, beeinträchtigen

  4. (rare, transitive)To stamp or impress onto something.

    Ideas impacted on the mind.

Examples

293 sentences
  1. The impact of science on society is great.

    ruВлияние науки на общество огромно.

    deDer Einfluss der Wissenschaft auf die Gesellschaft ist groß.

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  2. Stress can have an enormous negative impact on your health.

    ruСтресс может оказывать огромное негативное влияние на ваше здоровье.

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  3. Too much stress can have a negative impact on your health.

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  4. At this time, we still don't know what the impact will be.

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  5. I wonder if this new policy will have a positive impact on the economy.

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Translations

5 languages
Deutsch
By meaning 3
to collide or strike:
to compress:
to influence:

Origin

Attested since the 17th century, from Latin impāctus.

Attested since the 17th century, from Latin impāctus.

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Forms

impacts, impacting, impacted, impacted
Base formimpact · to impact
3rd person singularimpacts
Present participleimpacting
Past simpleimpacted
Past participleimpacted

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theyimpact
he, she, itimpacts

Past simpleLesson

all personsimpacted

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave impacted
he, she, ithas impacted

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill impact

Synonyms

5 synonyms
Close in meaning

Word family

5 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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