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impacts

impacts is the plural of impact.

impacts is the third-person singular simple present indicative of impact.

Meaning of impact

Noun

impact (countable and uncountable, plural impacts)

  1. The striking of one body against another; collision.
  2. The force or energy of a collision of two objects.
    • The hatchet cut the wood on impact.
  3. A forced impinging.
    • His spine had an impingement; L4 and L5 made impact, which caused numbness in his leg.
  4. (figuratively, proscribed) A significant or strong influence or effect.
    • His friend's opinion had an impact on his decision.

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Phrases with impacts

Questions about impacts

What is impacts the plural of?
Impacts is the plural of impact.

Words near impacts in the dictionary

  1. impactment
  2. impactments
  3. impactogenic
  4. impactor
  5. impactors
  6. impacts
  7. impactual
  8. impacturbation
  9. impaint
  10. impainted
  11. impainting

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