impacted - Oxford Learner's Dictionaries

​. [intransitive, transitive] to have an effect on somebody/something synonym affect. impact on/upon somebody/something Her father's death impacted greatly on ... Togglenavigation Redeem Upgrade Help Signin Dictionaries Dictionarieshome English AmericanEnglish Academic Collocations German-English Grammar Grammarhome PracticalEnglishUsage Learn&PractiseGrammar(Beta) WordLists WordListshome MyWordLists Topics Recentadditions Resources Resourceshome TextChecker Signin Dictionaries Dictionarieshome English AmericanEnglish Academic Collocations German-English Grammar Grammarhome PracticalEnglishUsage Learn&PractiseGrammar(Beta) WordLists WordListshome MyWordLists Topics Recentadditions Resources Resourceshome TextChecker Redeem Upgrade Help TOP English English AmericanEnglish AcademicEnglish Collocations PracticalEnglishUsage German-English English-German English AmericanEnglish Entersearchtext DefinitionofimpactverbfromtheOxfordAdvancedLearner'sDictionary impactverb OPALW /ɪmˈpækt/ /ɪmˈpækt/VerbFormspresentsimpleI/you/we/theyimpact /ɪmˈpækt/ /ɪmˈpækt/he/she/itimpacts /ɪmˈpækts/ /ɪmˈpækts/pastsimpleimpacted /ɪmˈpæktɪd/ /ɪmˈpæktɪd/pastparticipleimpacted /ɪmˈpæktɪd/ /ɪmˈpæktɪd/-ingformimpacting /ɪmˈpæktɪŋ/ /ɪmˈpæktɪŋ/ jumptootherresults  [intransitive,transitive]tohaveaneffectonsomebody/somethingsynonymaffectimpacton/uponsomebody/somethingHerfather'sdeathimpactedgreatlyonherchildhoodyears.TheserestrictionswillimpactonallfarmersinIreland.impactsomebody/somethingenvironmentalfactorsthatmaynegativelyimpactchildren'sdevelopmentThecompany'sperformancewasimpactedbythehighvalueofthepound.ExtraExamplesTheborderdisputecouldimpactontheworkofaidagencies.Thecutswillinevitablyimpactonservicedelivery.Theyneedtotakeintoconsiderationthattheiractionsdirectlyimpactotherpeople. Questionsaboutgrammarandvocabulary? FindtheanswerswithPracticalEnglishUsageonline,yourindispensableguidetoproblemsinEnglish. Joinus JoinourcommunitytoaccessthelatestlanguagelearningandassessmenttipsfromOxfordUniversityPress! Definitionsonthego Lookupanywordinthedictionaryoffline,anytime,anywherewiththeOxfordAdvancedLearner’sDictionaryapp. Wanttolearnmore? FindoutwhichwordsworktogetherandproducemorenaturalsoundingEnglishwiththeOxfordCollocationsDictionaryapp. [intransitive,transitive]impact(on/upon/with)something(formal)tohitsomethingwithgreatforceWordOriginearly17thcent.(asaverbinthesense‘pressclosely,fixfirmly’):fromLatinimpact-‘drivenin’,fromtheverbimpingere‘drivesomethinginorat’,fromin-‘into’+pangere‘fix,drive’.SeeimpactintheOxfordAdvancedAmericanDictionarySeeimpactintheOxfordLearner'sDictionaryofAcademicEnglishCheckpronunciation: impact Otherresults Allmatches impactnoun low-impactadjective Nearbywords impnoun impactnoun impactverb impactedadjective impactfuladjective bungle verb     FromtheTopic Difficultyandfailure C2 OxfordLearner'sDictionariesWordoftheDay