Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to impact
Participle: impacted
Gerund: impacting
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | impact |
| you | impact |
| he;she;it | impacts |
| we | impact |
| you | impact |
| they | impact |
Perfect
| I | have impacted |
| you | have impacted |
| he;she;it | has impacted |
| we | have impacted |
| you | have impacted |
| they | have impacted |
Past
| I | impacted |
| you | impacted |
| he;she;it | impacted |
| we | impacted |
| you | impacted |
| they | impacted |
Pluperfect
| I | had impacted |
| you | had impacted |
| he;she;it | had impacted |
| we | had impacted |
| you | had impacted |
| they | had impacted |
Future
| I | will impact |
| you | will impact |
| he;she;it | will impact |
| we | will impact |
| you | will impact |
| they | will impact |
Future Perfect
| I | will have impacted |
| you | will have impacted |
| he;she;it | will have impacted |
| we | will have impacted |
| you | will have impacted |
| they | will have impacted |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | impact |
| you | impact |
| he;she;it | impact |
| we | impact |
| you | impact |
| they | impact |
Perfect
| I | have impacted |
| you | have impacted |
| he;she;it | have impacted |
| we | have impacted |
| you | have impacted |
| they | have impacted |
Imperfect
| I | impacted |
| you | impacted |
| he;she;it | impacted |
| we | impacted |
| you | impacted |
| they | impacted |
Pluperfect
| I | had impacted |
| you | had impacted |
| he;she;it | had impacted |
| we | had impacted |
| you | had impacted |
| they | had impacted |
Conditional
Present
| I | would impact |
| you | would impact |
| he;she;it | would impact |
| we | would impact |
| you | would impact |
| they | would impact |
Perfect
| I | would have impacted |
| you | would have impacted |
| he;she;it | would have impacted |
| we | would have impacted |
| you | would have impacted |
| they | would have impacted |
Imperative
| you | impact |
| we | Let's impact |
| you | impact |
Verbs conjugated like 'impact'
abandon,
abduct,
abear,
aberr,
abject,
abord,
abort,
abound,
abraid,
abray,
abrook,
abscind,
abscond,
absist,
absorb,
abstain,
abstract,
accend,
accent,
accept, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'impact'
impart,
compact,
empart,
impaint,
impair,
impale,
impalm,
impark,
imparl,
impaste,
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
1. 1601, "press closely into something," from L.
impactus, pp. of
impingere "to push into, dash against" (see impinge). Originally sense preserved in
impacted teeth (1876). Sense of "strike forcefully against something" first recorded 1916. Figurative sense began with use as a noun (1817, first in Coleridge) meaning "effect of coming into contact with a thing or person."
2. Attested since the 17th century, from Latin impāctus.
Verbs referencing "impact"
French
impacter, Cebuano impak.
Sample Sentences
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When the hammer impacts the nail, it bends.
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As a microbullet impacts the graphene, the diameter of the cone it creates – determined by later examination of the petals – provides a way to measure how much energy the graphene absorbs before breaking. [2014 December 1, Mike Williams, “Microbullet hits confirm graphene’s strength”, in Rice University:]
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The footprints of birds do not impact the soil in the way those of dinosaurs do.
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I can make the changes, but it will impact the schedule.
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Ideas impacted on the mind.