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impacted

impacted is the simple past and past participle of impact.

Adjective

impacted (comparative more impacted, superlative most impacted)

  1. Having undergone an impact.
  2. Of a tooth, subject to dental impaction.
    • Being the last teeth to erupt in the oral cavity, many wisdom teeth are impacted.
  3. (US) Having lost property revenue due to Federal presence, such that it may receive impact aid.
    • Table A3-1 compares the capabilities of (1) impacted communities and school districts to finance capital improvements from their own resources […]1983, United States. Bureau of Land Management. Colorado State Office, Green River - Hams Fork coal region: round two
    • Like many of my colleagues, I represent one of the most highly impacted schools in the Nation. This school relies on the impact aid program.2000, Congressional Record, V. 146, Pt. 6, May 10, 2000 to May 23, 2000

Meaning of impact

Verb

impact (third-person singular simple present impacts, present participle impacting, simple past and past participle impacted)

  1. (transitive) To collide or strike, the act of impinging.
    • When the hammer impacts the nail, it bends.
  2. (transitive) 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.
  3. (figuratively, proscribed, transitive) To significantly or strongly influence or affect; to have an impact on.
    • I can make the changes, but it will impact the schedule.
  4. (rare, transitive) To stamp or impress onto something.
    • Ideas impacted on the mind.

See all 8 meanings of impact

Forms of impacted

comparativemore impacted
superlativemost impacted

Words formed from impacted

Questions about impacted

What does impacted mean?
Impacted means having undergone an impact.
What is impacted the simple past and past participle of?
Impacted is the simple past and past participle of impact.
What part of speech is impacted?
Impacted is an adjective.

Words near impacted in the dictionary

  1. impact statement
  2. impact statements
  3. impact winter
  4. impact winters
  5. impactable
  6. impacted
  7. impactedness
  8. impacter
  9. impacters
  10. impactful
  11. impactfully

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