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IMPACT

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Influencing strongly

Example:

they resented the impingement of American values on European culture

Synonyms:

encroachment; impact; impingement

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Hypernyms ("impact" is a kind of...):

influence (causing something without any direct or apparent effort)

Derivation:

impact (have an effect upon)

Sense 2

Meaning:

The violent interaction of individuals or groups entering into combat

Example:

the armies met in the shock of battle

Synonyms:

impact; shock

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Hypernyms ("impact" is a kind of...):

combat; fight; fighting; scrap (the act of fighting; any contest or struggle)

Sense 3

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)

Sense 4

Meaning:

A forceful consequence; a strong effect

Example:

the book packs a wallop

Synonyms:

impact; wallop

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural phenomena

Hypernyms ("impact" is a kind of...):

consequence; effect; event; issue; outcome; result; upshot (a phenomenon that follows and is caused by some previous phenomenon)

Derivation:

impact (have an effect upon)

 II. (verb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Have an effect upon

Example:

Will the new rules affect me?

Synonyms:

affect; bear on; bear upon; impact; touch; touch on

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

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"):

strike a blow (affect adversely)

repercuss (cause repercussions; have an unwanted effect)

tell on (produce an effect or strain on somebody)

redound (have an effect for good or ill)

excite; stimulate (act as a stimulant)

process; treat (subject to a process or treatment, with the aim of readying for some purpose, improving, or remedying a condition)

hydrolise; hydrolize (make a compound react with water and undergo hydrolysis)

color; colour; distort; tinge (affect as in thought or feeling)

endanger; expose; peril; queer; scupper (put in a dangerous, disadvantageous, or difficult position)

hit; strike (affect or afflict suddenly, usually adversely)

subject (cause to experience or suffer or make liable or vulnerable to)

bother; discommode; disoblige; incommode; inconvenience; put out; trouble (to cause inconvenience or discomfort to)

act upon; influence; work (have and exert influence or effect)

slam-dunk (make a forceful move against)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody
Something ----s something

Derivation:

impact (influencing strongly)

impact (a forceful consequence; a strong effect)

Sense 2

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

Derivation:

impaction (the condition of being pressed closely together and firmly fixed)

Credits

 Context examples: 

Then came a momentary fear, when he yelped several times to the impact of the hand.

(White Fang, by Jack London)

The recognition that low neighborhood socioeconomic conditions have an impact on the services and opportunities available to its residents and have a wide and long-lasting effect on their economic, social and educational development.

(Concentrated Disadvantage, NCI Thesaurus)

There are over 200 disorders that impact connective tissue.

(Connective Tissue Disorders, NIH)

The event impacts usual daily activities.

(Moderate Adverse Event, NCI Thesaurus)

Studies are underway of the health impacts of the Gulf oil spill.

(Oil Spills, NIH)

A section of the Older Americans Resources and Services (OARS) physical health questionnaire that rates the type of comorbidity and the impact of that comorbidity on an individual's daily function.

(Older Americans Resources and Services Comorbidity Scale, NCI Thesaurus)

By selectively targeting these isoforms, PI3K signaling in normal, non-neoplastic cells is minimally impacted or not affected at all, which minimizes the side effect profile for this agent.

(PI3K Delta/Gamma Inhibitor RP6530, NCI Thesaurus)

It also analyzes the impact of the psychological conditions resulting from our environment on our health.

(Medical Sociology, NCI Thesaurus)

These technologies need to be clinical tested to determine whether they would have a positive impact on patient outcome.

(Emerging Technologies, NCI Thesaurus)

The device affects or impacts the blood or its components.

(Device Hematologic Problem Evaluation Result, Food and Drug Administration)