English noun: impact | |||
1. | impact (event) the striking of one body against another | ||
Broader (hypernym) | contact, impinging, striking | ||
Narrower (hyponym) | blow, bump, slam | ||
2. | impact (phenomenon) a forceful consequence; a strong effect | ||
Samples | The book had an important impact on my thinking. The book packs a wallop. | ||
Synonyms | wallop | ||
Broader (hypernym) | consequence, effect, event, issue, outcome, result, upshot | ||
3. | impact (act) influencing strongly | ||
Samples | They resented the impingement of American values on European culture. | ||
Synonyms | encroachment, impingement | ||
Broader (hypernym) | influence | ||
4. | impact (act) the violent interaction of individuals or groups entering into combat | ||
Samples | The armies met in the shock of battle. | ||
Synonyms | shock | ||
Broader (hypernym) | combat, fight, fighting, scrap | ||
English verb: impact | |||
1. | impact (contact) press or wedge together; pack together | ||
Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something. Somebody ----s something PP | ||
Broader (hypernym) | force, squeeze, wedge | ||
2. | impact (change) have an effect upon | ||
Samples | Will the new rules affect me?. | ||
Synonyms | affect, bear on, bear upon, touch, touch on | ||
Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something. Somebody ----s somebody. Something ----s somebody. Something ----s something | ||
Broader (hypernym) | alter, change, modify | ||
Narrower (hyponym) | act upon, bother, color, colour, discommode, disoblige, distort, endanger, excite, expose, hit, hydrolise, hydrolize, incommode, inconvenience, influence, peril, process, put out, queer, redound, repercuss, scupper, slam-dunk, stimulate, strike, strike a blow, subject, tell on, tinge, treat, trouble, work | ||