to impact
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3.4
- verb
- /ˈɪmpækt/
- Here we're going to focus on how caffeine can impact your sleep at night.
- positively impact
- negatively impact
- impact students
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Watch on YouTubeI 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
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Second, climate change will impact our National Defense.
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Do you think this will impact the election?
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And then how does that impact how much we feel?
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How do these things impact our body or physical health?
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So progress, how does progress impact this kind of situation?
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Like that pressure to perform can impact your ability to perform.
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You can impact culture with something like this.
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A lack of systems was also reported to impact the quality of youth supports.
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All that focus on sports - that must impact your grades quite a bit.
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The new policy will significantly impact employee morale in the company.
Synonyms
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3.0
To cause a change in a person or thing
978
2.8
To suddenly make someone feel a strong emotion
612
2.8
Cause a clear, positive change in a situation or person
334
3.0
To make a big and lasting difference in someone's life
61
5.1
To be connected with or affect something
45
5.5
To make someone suddenly understand how serious something is
26
3.9
To have a lasting effect on a person or thing that people notice
25
4.0
To reduce an amount like cost or work in an obvious way
24
4.5
Make people change their opinion or a decision
21
4.0
To affect something or someone, often slightly
10
6.2
To make a clear change in results or numbers
6
8.0
To have a bad effect on someone or something
5
6.7
Have a strong effect that makes someone suddenly understand
3
3.5
Make someone or something change
3
5.8
Have an effect on or relate to something
2
6.4
To make someone feel a strong personal connection
Compounds
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3.6
Exercise with gentle movements like swimming or cycling that does not put much stress on the joints
- Archaic
1
3.9
A printer that makes letters and pictures by hitting an ink ribbon against paper
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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.