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to impact
01
to have a strong effect on someone or something
Transitive: to impact sth
Grammatical Information
Composition
Simple
Action verb
Regular
Present tense
impact
3rd person singular
impacts
Present participle
impacting
Past simple
impacted
Past participle
impacted
Examples
The new environmental policies are expected to impact the way industries approach sustainability.
Impact
01
an influence or effect that something has on a person, situation, or thing
Grammatical Information
Animacy status
Abstract
Composition
Simple
Countable
Plural form
impacts
Examples
The teacher’s encouragement had a positive impact on the student’s confidence.
02
the action of one object coming forcibly into contact with another
Examples
The impact of the two cars could be heard from a distance.
Lexical Tree
impacted
impaction
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