Impact

Word IMPACT
Character 6
Hyphenation im pact im pact
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Definitions and meanings of "Impact"

What do we mean by impact?

The striking of one body against another; collision. synonym: collision. noun

The force transmitted by a collision. noun

The effect or impression of one person or thing on another. noun

To pack firmly together. intransitive verb

To strike forcefully. intransitive verb

To have an effect or impact on. intransitive verb

To have an effect or impact. intransitive verb

The act of striking against something; a blow; a stroke. noun

Specifically — In mech., the blow, or act of striking, of a body having momentum; also, the change of momentum in amount and direction produced by such a blow. noun

In gunnery, the single blow of a projectile against a fixed or moving object. noun

To drive close; press closely or firmly; pack in.

To drive close; to press firmly together: to wedge into a place. transitive verb

To affect or influence, especially in a significant or undesirable manner. transitive verb

To collide forcefully with; to strike. transitive verb

Contact or impression by touch; collision; forcible contact; force communicated. noun

The single instantaneous stroke of a body in motion against another either in motion or at rest. noun

The force or energy of a collision of two objects. noun

A forced impinging. noun

A significant or strong influence; an effect. noun

The striking of one body against another; collision.

The force or energy of a collision of two objects.

A forced impinging.

A significant or strong influence; an effect.

The word you use in your English essay to replace either affect or effect because you're a piece of celery that's to stupid to figure out which is the proper one to use. Urban Dictionary

The integral of efficacy with respect to time Urban Dictionary

An organization that offers classes to teach women, men, and children how to defend themselves against assailants. the training is full-force, real life situations, with a padded, suited mugger. Impact also teaches the psychology of predators, and how to defend oneself verbally. there are impact organizations in LA, Japan, the Bay area, australia, and many more. Urban Dictionary

1. toilet paper 2. Something covered in shit 3. Written Verbal diarrhea! Urban Dictionary

A fecal impaction is a large mass of dry, hard stool that can develop in the rectum due to chronic constipation. This mass may be so hard that it cannot come out of the body. Watery stool from higher in the bowel may move around the mass and leak out, causing soiling or diarrhea. Slang synonym - hardcap. Urban Dictionary

Having an impact, or full of impact. Urban Dictionary

A non-existent word coined by corporate advertising, marketing and business drones to make their work sound far more useful, exciting and beneficial to humanity than it really is. This term is most frequently used in "team building" seminars and conferences in which said drones discuss the most effective ways to convince consumer zombies to purchase crap they clearly do not need or even want. Urban Dictionary

A combination or portmanteau of 'impact' and 'action'. Urban Dictionary

Something that conveys significance. I.e. utter marketing gash, its words like this that make society bad and help meaningless marketing plebians ascend the rungs of their pointless evil careers and step on anyone creative in their path. For shame marketing ... for shame. Urban Dictionary

1. A microsoft font commonly used in image macros because of its apparent ubiquity 2. A qualitative measure for how much effect something will have over time. Usually refers to how shocking, thought provoking or memorable some given item is (or likely to be). Urban Dictionary

Synonyms and Antonyms for Impact

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The word "impact" in example sentences

A number of studies on the social impact of the Tangaye project were undertaken by Roberts. 3 These studies examined the “impact of mechanising arduous, time-consuming village tasks on the life of women, with the power source viewed as a black-box”. 4 They were studies of the effects of pumped water supply and a power-operated grain mill in a remote village. ❋ Unknown (1984)

Mr. Roberts said the company can better absorb the margin impact from the deal now that costs are lowered. ❋ Paul Ziobro (2010)

I define and use the term impact indicators as those issues that directly affect positively or negatively food security such as population, water, land, and economic growth/development. ❋ Amb. Robin Renee Sanders (2011)

You guys are delusional … Flora brings together excellent quotes, and the main impact is … (as she puts in her piece), “the war will only be lost at home”. ❋ Unknown (2006)

But the impact is always short term because after an electoral swing (or even not) the next Congress may legislate completely the other way or a third way. ❋ Unknown (2009)

The opportunity to hyper personalize communication and accurately track our members and their impact is here. ❋ George Weiner (2010)

Half say the government has a big effect on their daily lives - up significantly from 10 years ago - but most of those say the impact is a negative one. ❋ Jon Cohen (2010)

One route to impact is to have success in American Industry. ❋ Unknown (2009)

I get a reminder of what the impact is at each distance as well as some practice in the fundamentals. ❋ Unknown (2009)

"There's still a lot of wariness of what that long-term impact is going to be." ❋ AP (2010)

The longer-term impact is on how we view them in terms of reliability. ❋ Vladimir Guevarra (2010)

But their impact is usually as decaying, moisture-laden tropical storms (wind speeds under 74 miles per hour) or their remnants, rather than hurricanes. ❋ Don Lipman (2010)

I am sure, of course, the same happens elsewhere, but in our little islands, the impact is always so much closer to our daily lives. ❋ Unknown (2009)

How does this term impact methodologies/ambitions of past/current work? ❋ Carla Leitao (2012)

The lack of [frogs] in [the forest] has a major AFFECT on the [ecosystem]? The lack of frogs in the forest has a major EFFECT on the ecosystem? ... The lack of frogs in the forest has a major impact on the ecosystem. ❋ Just_a_guy_making_an_impact (2019)

[What is that] [knight's] impact? ❋ Anonymous (2004)

When the man tried to [mug] [Molly], she used the techniques she had learned in impact classes to [defend] herself and save her life. ❋ Iwillremainanonymous (2007)

1. Pass me Impact, I'm off to the [bog]! 2. That Impact is a [soiled] [rag]! 3. Man that's shit - have you been reading Impact again? ❋ Uncle Yusuf (2004)

My impaction was so bad I had to see a [doctor] to [have it] [removed]. ❋ Resedo (2009)

[The bad] [news] of the day had a large impaction on my [state of mind]. ❋ Beneski (2007)

"The board was convinced that my new ad campaign for [arsenic] and semen flavored [lollipops] for [tots] will be incredibly impactful and will generate heaps of sales." ❋ J. Spaghetti (2007)

Dude 1: "[Why do] you watch so much [wrestling]?" Dude 2: "Because it's [full of] impaction!" ❋ Rebel_shadow973 (2018)

Wow, that [campaign] is really impactful [yeah, you] understand what [i mean] yeah, yeah? ❋ Tired Creative (2005)

-Most [lolcat] pictures have Impact text -I want to photoshop [Luigi's] face onto [Charlie Sheen's] head. How much Impact would that have, you figure? ❋ Rohandrius (2011)

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