Definitions for IMPACT

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IMPACT im·pact

Spelling: [noun im-pakt; verb im-pakt]

IPA: /noun ˈɪm pækt; verb ɪmˈpækt/

Impact is a 6 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 12 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 15 points.

You can make 123 anagrams from letters in IMPACT (acimpt).

Definitions for IMPACT

noun

1. the striking of one thing against another; forceful contact; collision:
2. an impinging:
3. influence; effect:
4. an impacting; forcible impinging:
5. the force exerted by a new idea, concept, technology, or ideology:

verb (used with object)

1. to drive or press closely or firmly into something; pack in.
2. to fill up; congest; throng:
3. to collide with; strike forcefully:
4. to have an impact or effect on; influence; alter:

verb (used without object)

1. to have impact or make contact forcefully:
2. to have an impact or effect:

Origin of IMPACT

First recorded in 1775-85; (noun and v.) back formation from impacted

Examples for IMPACT

Another belt crashed from the ship, heaved the ground under its impact.

This time the impact was so great the door could not withstand it, and down it came with a thud.

The EPA felt that the State Department had not looked carefully enough at the impact of the pipeline if oil prices fell.

Residents of the neighborhoods where cops are needed the most are mixed on the impact of the apparent slowdown.

The change is also likely to impact the potential paydays of Cuban players coming to the United States.

Strong currents and winds, however, mean any debris could be drifting up to 31 miles a day eastward, away from the impact zone.

The impact of sounds on his ear from the receiver set him to attention.

And the hope is that if you can change their individual lives, it will have an impact on their families.

Mr. Adolph Meyers sprang to his feet with the impact of the shock.

In a daze, groping blindly for support, he waited for the shock of impact.