impact

«impact» in Mova's school dictionary: a strong hit of one thing against another: «the impact of… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 3 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

noun (an impact, impacts); verb (impact, impacts, impacted, impacting)

meaning for a pupil

1) An impact is a strong hit of one thing against another: «the impact of the crash». tree →

2) An impact is a strong effect or influence: «Exercise has a good impact on health.» tree →

3) (verb) To impact means to have an effect on something. tree →

sense in the lessons

In science lessons impacts are about forces and crashes, like meteorites making craters. In geography and everyday talk it is the effect of something, like the impact of pollution. Phrases: «on impact», «have an impact on», «make an impact», «environmental impact».

examples

• The meteorite left a crater on impact. tree →
• Litter has a bad impact on wildlife. tree →
• Her speech made a big impact. tree →
• The glass broke on impact. tree →
• How does rain impact the crops? tree →
• Seat belts reduce the impact of a crash. tree →

note

Noun stressed IM-pact. «Have an impact on» is the usual phrase. Some teachers prefer «affect» to «impact» as a verb.

In the corpora

• Tsunamis can also be caused by landslides, volcanic eruptions and, very rarely, meteorite impacts.
• Vesta is the second most massive asteroid, and a giant impact on it blasted off rock that still falls to Earth as meteorites.
• An impact about 66 million years ago helped end the age of the non-bird dinosaurs.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «impact» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.