impact

Definition

  • noun: the act or force of one thing hitting another
  • verb: to fix firmly by or as if by packing or wedging
  • verb: to have a strong and often bad effect on (something or someone)
  • often + 'on'
  • synonyms: affect, strike, collision

Examples

  • We hope that these programs will have a positive 'impact on' the community. [=will help the community]

  • The stress of her job is having a negative 'impact on' her health. [=is harming her health]

  • We need to be concerned about the environmental 'impacts' of all this construction.

Movie clips

Movie quotes

  • (..) You did everything you could, that's more than enough. Ask your passengers, Ask your wife and kids. Ask Lori So what's the first thing you heard from the cockpit? Brace for impact Now, ever heard of that before? No, actually no Ever heard of that in any aspect of your life? (..)
    2016 Sully
  • (..) Nightmares? Little Heartbeat? A little bit. The Union is offering us Counseling. Yeah, what would you say? You were in a plane crash and lived. It might have an impact in your day to day. I don't like not being in control of the process. I won myself that Within months we'll laugh about (..)
    2016 Sully