impact
/ɪmˈpækt/ verb C1- To collide or strike, the act of impinging. · When the hammer impacts the nail, it bends.
- To compress; to compact; to press into something or pack together. · The footprints of birds do not impact the soil in the way those of dinosaurs do.
- To significantly or strongly influence or affect; to have an impact on. · I can make the changes, but it will impact the schedule.
He/she/it impacts · Past impacted · Past participle impacted · -ing form impacting
Verb forms
- Base form
- impact
- He/she/it
- impacts
- Past
- impacted
- Past participle
- impacted
- -ing form
- impacting
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Their artistic influence rapidly expanded beyond their immediate circle, profoundly impacting other talented individuals across the massive North American continent.
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