impact
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3.1
- noun
- /ˈɪmpækt/
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impacto
- Participation in BOC has a positive impact on students' later adult involvement in musical activity.
- negative impact
- significant impact
- environmental impact
AI, like we all know the impact that AI had on us.
- AI, like we all know the impact that AI had on us.
- It's what came after that had an impact on on me.
- How did you start studying the impact of exercise on the brain?
- You don't really understand what impact it's had on your life.
- So he sees the direct impact that this makes.
- So actually it can be a bigger impact on girls than on boys.
- But there's still the impact of this goal for him.
- And they're challenging because of the impact that you see on people.
- And you may even be witnessing the impacts of this on your children.
- Are you worried about the lasting impacts that this might have?
Examples
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Elegant technical results are now available, but their impact on practical developments remains open.
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The longer the delay before feedback is given, the less impact there will be on learning.
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And how much of an impact does that have?
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It's had an amazing impact in my career.
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It's going to have an impact on the way they talk.
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And that has a real serious impact on the properties, right?
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How did you start studying the impact of exercise on the brain?
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But they have made quite an impact.
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This really can have a big impact on children's long term health.
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The change would have the greatest impact at the lower end of the income scale.
Synonyms
∞
2.3
A result that happens because of something else
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4.2
How important something is because of its effect
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3.3
A large effect that causes an important change
Antonyms
Compounds
Exercise with gentle movements like swimming or cycling that does not put much stress on the joints
- Archaic
A printer that makes letters and pictures by hitting an ink ribbon against paper
How Significant
Surface Forms
Etymology
Impact comes from the Latin impactus, originally meaning a strong 'hit', and people began to use that image to talk about effects. That's why an impact can mean a powerful effect on a person or situation — like something that 'hits' and changes things.