Dictionary entry details
• IMPACT (noun)
Meaning:
The striking of one body against another
Classified under:
Nouns denoting natural events
Hypernyms ("impact" is a kind of...):
contact; impinging; striking (the physical coming together of two or more things)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "impact"):
blow; bump (an impact (as from a collision))
slam (a forceful impact that makes a loud noise)
Meaning:
A forceful consequence; a strong effect
Classified under:
Nouns denoting natural phenomena
Synonyms:
wallop; impact
Context examples:
the book had an important impact on my thinking / the book packs a wallop
Hypernyms ("impact" is a kind of...):
consequence; effect; event; issue; outcome; result; upshot (a phenomenon that follows and is caused by some previous phenomenon)
Meaning:
Influencing strongly
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Synonyms:
impingement; encroachment; impact
Context example:
they resented the impingement of American values on European culture
Hypernyms ("impact" is a kind of...):
influence (causing something without any direct or apparent effort)
Meaning:
The violent interaction of individuals or groups entering into combat
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Synonyms:
shock; impact
Context example:
the armies met in the shock of battle
Hypernyms ("impact" is a kind of...):
combat; fight; fighting; scrap (the act of fighting; any contest or struggle)
• IMPACT (verb)
Meaning:
Press or wedge together; pack together
Classified under:
Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging
Hypernyms (to "impact" is one way to...):
force; squeeze; wedge (squeeze like a wedge into a tight space)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s something PP
Meaning:
Have an effect upon
Classified under:
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.
Synonyms:
affect; bear upon; bear on; impact; touch on; touch
Context example:
Will the new rules affect me?
Hypernyms (to "impact" is one way to...):
alter; change; modify (cause to change; make different; cause a transformation)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "impact"):
act upon; influence; work (have and exert influence or effect)
bother; discommode; disoblige; incommode; inconvenience; put out; trouble (to cause inconvenience or discomfort to)
subject (cause to experience or suffer or make liable or vulnerable to)
hit; strike (affect or afflict suddenly, usually adversely)
endanger; expose; peril; queer; scupper (put in a dangerous, disadvantageous, or difficult position)
color; colour; distort; tinge (affect as in thought or feeling)
hydrolise; hydrolize (make a compound react with water and undergo hydrolysis)
process; treat (subject to a process or treatment, with the aim of readying for some purpose, improving, or remedying a condition)
excite; stimulate (act as a stimulant)
redound (have an effect for good or ill)
tell on (produce an affect or strain on somebody)
repercuss (cause repercussions; have an unwanted effect)
strike a blow (affect adversely)
slam-dunk (make a forceful move against)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody
Something ----s something
