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

  • (..) what happened before I arrived, but, uh, all of you have done some very good reporting here. Reporting that I believe is gonna have an immediate and considerable impact on our readers. For me, this kind of story is why we do this. Having said that, Cardinal law (..)
    2015 Spotlight
  • (..) It really feels like a... like a local paper in that way. And did that change at all after the paper was sold to the No. No, I don't think that had a big impact. Good. And, uh, you're an editor for the Spotlight team? I'd prefer to think of myself as player coach, but yes. (..)
    2015 Spotlight