Impact Made ˈɪmpækt Full Recession Environmental Report Assesses

• the environmental impact of tourism
• the report assesses the impact of aids on the gay community.
• her speech made a profound impact on everyone.
• businesses are beginning to feel the full impact of the recession.

impact

1. the powerful effect that something has on somebody/something
• the environmental impact of tourism
• The report assesses the impact of AIDS on the gay community.
• Her speech made a profound impact on everyone.
• Businesses are beginning to feel the full impact of the recession.
• social support to cushion the impact of unemployment
2. the act of one object hitting another; the force with which this happens
• craters made by meteorite impacts
• The impact of the blow knocked Jack off balance.
• The bomb explodes on impact (= when it hits something).
• The car is fitted with side impact bars (= to protect it from a blow from the side).

Extra Examples

• A well-designed sports shoe should absorb the impact on the 28 bones in each foot.
• Agriculture made a direct physical impact on the landscape.
• Air bags are designed to soften the impact for crash victims.
• Architecturally, these churches reflected the impact of the Renaissance.
• Impact occurred seconds after the pilot radioed for help.
• It is difficult to judge the likely impact of the changes on employment patterns.
• It is important to appreciate the wider impact and implications of this proposal.
• Listening to the speech through an interpreter lessened its impact somewhat.
• Manufacturing fell sharply under the impact of the recession.
• Small meteorites have left impact craters all over the planet’s surface.
• The crew of six may have survived the initial impact, but the whole plane went up in flames seconds later.
• The environmental impact of power generation is being assessed.
• The film lacks the visceral impact of her previous work.
• The front coach of the train took the full impact of the crash.
• The front of the car had crumpled on impact.
• The impact knocked him off balance.
• The industrial north of the country felt the full impact of the recession.
• The initial impact of the reforms will be felt most keenly in primary schools.
• The personal impact of party leaders has been very important.
• The severest human impact on the dolphins has been the loss of habitat.
• This section explores how mothers resist the impact of poverty on the health of their children.
• Variations in the interest rate will have an impact on the whole housing market.
• We are trying to minimize the impact of price rises on our customers.
• We investigated the impact of new technologies on teaching methods.
• We’ll show you how to dress for maximum impact at the all-important audition.
• When peace returned, the hard-line message lost much of its impact.
• You certainly made a big impact on Carter.
• a high-impact message aimed at changing high risk behaviour among drug-users
• a high-impact message aimed at changing people’s attitudes
• an attempt to reduce the visual impact of wind farms on the landscape
• considering the cumulative impact of a series of damaging events
• the consequences of an asteroid impact
• the uneven impact of the debt crisis on developing countries
• to highlight the impact of technology on working practices
• The bomb explodes on impact.
• The car is fitted with side impact bars.
• The report assesses the impact of the tax changes on the economy.
• craters made by meterorite impacts

Word Origin

• early 17th cent. (as a verb in the sense ‘press closely, fix firmly’): from Latin impact- ‘driven in’, from the verb impingere ‘drive something in or at’, from in- ‘into’ + pangere ‘fix, drive’.