impact
noun/ˈɪmpækt/
[countable, usually singular, uncountable]Слово англійською: impact
Переклад impact українською: вплив
Детальний опис
- the powerful effect that something has on somebody/something
- a positive/a negative/an adverse impact
- a significant/major/huge impact
- to have/make an impact
- impact of something to reduce/minimize the impact of something
- the environmental impact of tourism
- impact of doing something the economic impact of leaving the European Union
- impact on somebody/something Her speech made a profound impact on everyone.
- He has had a lasting impact on the lives of many of his students.
- The project's impact on the environment should be minimal.
- impact of something on somebody/something The report assesses the impact of the disease on mortality and population growth.
- impact from something It is too early to notice any impact from the recent changes to the rules.
- an environmental impact assessment
- a victim impact statement
- 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.
- impact on something A well-designed sports shoe should absorb the impact on the 28 bones in each foot.
- on impact 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).
Word Originearly 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’.