- impact
- {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} noun1 effect/impressionADJECTIVE▪ big, considerable, dramatic, enormous, great, high, huge, important, main, major, massive, powerful, profound, strong, tremendous▪
a high-impact message aimed at changing people's attitudes
▪ discernible, measurable, noticeable, real, significant, substantial▪A 1% rise is enough to have a measurable impact on economic growth.
▪ limited, little, marginal, minimal, minimum, negligible▪ full▪The industrial north of the country felt the full impact of the recession.
▪ maximum▪We'll show you how to dress for maximum impact at the all-important audition.
▪ overall, total▪ growing, increasing▪ added▪ disproportionate▪ combined, cumulative▪the cumulative impact of a series of damaging events
▪ decisive▪ direct▪Agriculture made a direct physical impact on the landscape.
▪ immediate, instant, sudden▪ initial, short-term▪ lasting, long-term▪ broader, far-reaching, wider▪It is important to appreciate the wider impact and implications of this proposal.
▪ future, likely, possible, potential▪ beneficial, favourable/favorable, positive▪ adverse, catastrophic, damaging, destructive, detrimental, devastating, disastrous, heavy, negative, serious, severe▪ human▪The severest human impact on the dolphins has been the loss of habitat.
▪ personal▪The personal impact of party leaders has been very important.
▪ physical, visual▪an attempt to reduce the visual impact of wind farms on the landscape
▪ visceral▪The film lacks the visceral impact of her previous work.
▪ cultural, ecological, economic, emotional, environmental, financial, health, political, psychological, social▪The environmental impact of power generation is being assessed.
VERB + IMPACT▪ achieve, create, exert, have, make▪Variations in the interest rate will have an impact on the whole housing market.
▪You certainly made a big impact on Carter.
▪ feel▪The initial impact of the reforms will be felt most keenly in primary schools.
▪ analyse/analyze, consider, examine, explore, investigate, monitor, study▪We investigated the impact of new technologies on teaching methods.
▪ assess, determine, estimate, evaluate, gauge, judge, measure, quantify▪It is difficult to judge the likely impact of the changes on employment patterns.
▪ underestimate▪ enhance, increase, maximize▪ alleviate, cushion, lessen, minimize, mitigate, offset, reduce, soften▪We are trying to minimize the impact of price rises on our customers.
▪ diminish, lessen, reduce, weaken▪Listening to the speech through an interpreter lessened its impact somewhat.
▪ lose▪When peace returned, the hard-line message lost much of its impact.
▪ resist, withstand▪This section explores how mothers resist the impact of poverty on the health of their children.
▪ be concerned about▪ appreciate, realize, recognize, understand▪ highlight▪ address▪ predict▪ reflect▪Architecturally, these churches reflected the impact of the Renaissance.
PREPOSITION▪ under the impact of▪Manufacturing fell sharply under the impact of the recession.
▪ impact on, impact upon▪to highlight the impact of technology on working practices
2 act/force of one object hitting anotherADJECTIVE▪ full▪ initial▪ asteroid, meteorite▪the consequences of an asteroid impact
VERB + IMPACT▪ take▪The front of the bus took the full impact of the crash.
▪ feel▪ absorb▪A well-designed sports shoe should absorb the impact on the 28 bones in each foot.
▪ cushion, lessen, soften▪Air bags are designed to soften the impact for crash victims.
▪ survive, withstand▪The crew of six may have survived the initial impact, but the whole plane went up in flames seconds later.
IMPACT + VERB▪ occur▪Impact occurred seconds after the pilot radioed for help.
▪ knock sb/sth …▪The impact knocked him off balance.
IMPACT + NOUN▪ speed, velocity▪ crater▪Small meteorites have left impact craters all over the planet's surface.
PREPOSITION▪ on impact▪The front of the car had crumpled on impact.
PHRASES▪ the moment, point, time, etc. of impact{{Roman}}II.{{/Roman}}verbImpact is used with these nouns as the object: ↑decision, ↑development, ↑effectiveness, ↑environment, ↑quality
Collocations dictionary. 2013.
