to impact
255
3.4
- verb
- /ˈɪmpækt/
:
afectar
- Here we're going to focus on how caffeine can impact your sleep at night.
- positively impact
- negatively impact
- impact students
I don't think that it impacts me that much directly.
- I don't think that it impacts me that much directly.
- And I mean, that's, that's not new, but it's impacting me more than usual.
- And what you teach the machine then impacts the decisions and opinions.
- And obviously these roles can impact sibling relationships.
- But the amount of talk did not impact the speed of processing.
- Like that pressure to perform can impact your ability to perform.
- And that chemical impacts children, it impacts their brains.
- So there's even more evidence that this impacted what the policy was.
- How does it impact the people that you love?
- I don't try to impact the climate as a hobby.
Examples
-
Second, climate change will impact our National Defense.
-
Do you think this will impact the election?
-
And then how does that impact how much we feel?
-
How do these things impact our body or physical health?
-
So progress, how does progress impact this kind of situation?
-
Like that pressure to perform can impact your ability to perform.
-
You can impact culture with something like this.
-
A lack of systems was also reported to impact the quality of youth supports.
Academic text (2013) -
All that focus on sports - that must impact your grades quite a bit.
-
The new policy will significantly impact employee morale in the company.
Synonyms
∞
2.8
To suddenly make someone feel a strong emotion
∞
3.0
To cause a change in a person or thing
482
2.8
Cause a clear, positive change in a situation or person
51
4.5
Make people change their opinion or a decision
31
5.1
To be connected with or affect something
26
5.5
To make someone suddenly understand how serious something is
23
3.0
To make a big and lasting difference in someone's life
18
3.9
To have a lasting effect on a person or thing that people notice
16
3.5
Make someone or something change
14
4.0
To reduce an amount like cost or work in an obvious way
8
6.2
To make a clear change in results or numbers
6
8.0
To have a bad effect on someone or something
3
6.7
Have a strong effect that makes someone suddenly understand
3
4.0
To affect something or someone, often slightly
1
6.4
To make someone feel a strong personal connection
1
5.8
Have an effect on or relate to something
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 Strong
Surface Forms
Etymology
Impact as a verb follows the same root impactus and the idea of a 'hit' or 'push into', so to impact someone is to 'hit' them in a way that changes or affects them strongly.