"impact" meaning in English

See impact in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /ˈɪmpækt/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-impact (noun).wav [UK], LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-impact (verb).wav [UK] Forms: impact, impacts [plural]
enPR: imʹpăkt Head templates: {{noun}} [POS TABLE]
  1. An impact is the act of one object hitting another.
    Sense id: simple-impact-en-noun-q0VW0AS-
  2. The impact is the effect of an act, statement, change, etc.
    Sense id: simple-impact-en-noun-XHQwf89C

Verb

IPA: /ɪmˈpækt/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-impact (noun).wav [UK], LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-impact (verb).wav [UK] Forms: impact [canonical], impacts [third-person, singular], impacted [past], impacted [past, participle], impacting [present, participle]
enPR: im-păktʹ Head templates: {{verb}} [POS TABLE]
  1. If something impacts you, it has an effect on you.
    Sense id: simple-impact-en-verb-cd1uPBS3
  2. If you impact something, you press (or pack) its together.
    Sense id: simple-impact-en-verb-DMkl6uLC
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          "text": "The report noted that most teachers feel that IT has made little impact on formal education."
        },
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          "text": "The environmental impact of such increases in efficiency, however, depends on how you generate the power."
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