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impact impactsimpactingimpactedimpacted

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nounThe impact that something has on a situation, process, or person is a sudden and powerful effect that it has on them.They say they expect the meeting to have a marked impact on the future of the country.The major impact of this epidemic worldwide is yet to come.When an executive comes into a new job, he wants to quickly make an impact.An impact is the action of one object hitting another, or the force with which one object hits another.The plane is destroyed, a complete wreck: the pilot must have died on impact.A running track should be capable of absorbing the impact of a runner's foot landing on it.verbTo impact on a situation, process, or person means to affect them.Such schemes mean little unless they impact on people.The reduction in the number of days that Parliament sat would impact on the quality of its work....the potential for women to impact the political process.Trading is being increasingly impacted by the current recession.If one object impacts on another, it hits it with great force....the sharp tinkle of metal impacting on stone.According to the air force, the missile merely impacted with the ground prematurely.When a large object impacts the Earth, it makes a crater. B1

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definition	noun The impact that something has on a situation, process, or person is a sudden and powerful effect that it has on them. They say they expect the meeting to have a marked impact on the future of the country. The major impact of this epidemic worldwide is yet to come. When an executive comes into a new job, he wants to quickly make an impact. An impact is the action of one object hitting another, or the force with which one object hits another. The plane is destroyed, a complete wreck: the pilot must have died on impact. A running track should be capable of absorbing the impact of a runner's foot landing on it. verb To impact on a situation, process, or person means to affect them. Such schemes mean little unless they impact on people. The reduction in the number of days that Parliament sat would impact on the quality of its work. ...the potential for women to impact the political process. Trading is being increasingly impacted by the current recession. If one object impacts on another, it hits it with great force. ...the sharp tinkle of metal impacting on stone. According to the air force, the missile merely impacted with the ground prematurely. When a large object impacts the Earth, it makes a crater.
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cefr-level	B1

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