to impact

Examples

• All

• Every day, we should try to find someone whose work/life we can impact and increase their work output or experience.

  Fiction book (1999)

• How does an office's role impact the other offices and the process of enrolling students?

  Academic text (2003)

• Based on the results, the effects of CSR initiatives are impacted by the team's win-loss record.

  Academic text (2016)

• "Basically, everything we've looked at is impacted by the loss of amphibians," Lips says.

  Academic text (2007)

• Limited use of Michael's left hand due to cerebral palsy impacted his ability to place food on trays prior to delivery.

  Academic text (2006)

• The astronaut calculated the precise angle to ensure the spacecraft would impact safely on the surface of the moon.

• The ball was aimed carefully to impact with the target at a perfect trajectory.

• The construction team had to impact the soil to create a stable foundation for the building.

Synonyms

P

to pack

vsto impact

278 2.3

To press things together so they take less space

forces items tightly into narrow spaces rather than merely crowding them

S

to squash

vsto impact

55 2.0

To press something hard so it becomes flat and loses its shape

presses items firmly together without flattening or crushing them

W

to wedge

vsto impact

54 4.9

To force something tightly into a narrow space

presses items firmly together rather than only fitting them into gaps

P

to pack together

vsto impact

2 3.0

To press things so they fit more tightly together

forces items tightly into narrow spaces rather than only making them compact

Antonyms

L

to loosen

88 1.0

Make something less tight so it can move or open

Compounds

E

environmental impact

• Specialized

23 3.7

The effect an activity has on nature and living things

S

significant impact

19 3.3

A large effect that causes an important change

P

psychological impact

6 5.2

A strong change in someone's mind and feelings after an event

M

meteor impact

• Specialized

1 5.1

A collision when a rock from space hits a planet's surface

L

low-impact workout

3.6

Exercise with gentle movements like swimming or cycling that does not put much stress on the joints

H

historical impact

4.2

A lasting effect of an event that changes later events and society

I

impact printer

• Archaic

3.9

A printer that makes letters and pictures by hitting an ink ribbon against paper

V

visceral impact

7.3

A strong physical feeling of deep emotion that art or events cause

How Tight

to jam

13 4.4

to impact

24 7.4

to place

∞ 1.0

Surface Forms

Etymology