impact
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Is impact a Scrabble word?
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Definition
noun (English)
1. (chiefly medicine) A forced impinging.Examples: "His spine had an impingement; L4 and L5 made impact, which caused numbness in his leg."countableuncountable
2. (figurative, proscribed) A significant or strong influence or effect.Examples: "His friend's opinion had an impact on his decision."; "Our choice of concrete will have a tremendous impact on the building's mechanical performance."; "December 7, 1941, November 22, 1963, and September 11, 2001 had an impact on many throughout the world."countablefigurativelyproscribeduncountable
verb (English)
1. (transitive) To collide or strike, the act of impinging.Examples: "When the hammer impacts the nail, it bends."; "As a microbullet impacts the graphene, the diameter of the cone it creates – determined by later examination of the petals – provides a way to measure how much energy the graphene absorbs before breaking."transitive
2. (transitive) To compress; to compact; to press into something or pack together.Examples: "The footprints of birds do not impact the soil in the way those of dinosaurs do."transitive
3. (transitive, figurative, proscribed) To significantly or strongly influence or affect; to have an impact on.Examples: "I can make the changes, but it will impact the schedule."figurativelyproscribedtransitive
4. (transitive, rare) To stamp or impress onto something.Examples: "Ideas impacted on the mind."raretransitive
Definition source: Wiktionary