Past tense of impact
regular verb
The past tense of impact is impacted. The past participle is also impacted.
Forms of impact
| Base form (V1) | impact /ˈɪmpækt/ |
|---|---|
| Past tense (V2) | impacted |
| Past participle (V3) | impacted |
| Present participle | impacting |
| Third person singular | impacts |
Impacted in a sentence
- Ideas impacted on the mind.
- Being the last teeth to erupt in the oral cavity, many wisdom teeth are impacted.From the entry impacted
- Hyper-empathetic people are deeply impacted by the energy and emotions of those around them.2024, Megan Anna Neff, Self-Care for Autistic People: 100+ Ways to Recharge, De-Stress, and Unmask!, page 68. From the entry hyperempathetic
- “There’s no doubt eBay was impacted by the macroeconomy, and our fourth-quarter results reflect this.2009 January 22, Laurie J. Flynn, “EBay’s Income Declines 31% as Economy Reduces Traffic”, in New York Times. From the entry macroeconomy
- Like many of my colleagues, I represent one of the most highly impacted schools in the Nation.2000, Congressional Record, V. 146, Pt. 6, May 10, 2000 to May 23, 2000. From the entry impacted
Meaning of impact
- noun The striking of one body against another; collision.
- noun The force or energy of a collision of two objects.
- noun A forced impinging.
Questions about the past tense of impact
- What is the past tense of impact?
- The past tense of impact is impacted.
- What is the past participle of impact?
- The past participle of impact is impacted.
- Is impact a regular or irregular verb?
- Impact is a regular verb: its past tense adds -ed.
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: impact (page history and authors) and the entries of its forms. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws left out forms marked obsolete, archaic, rare or dialectal and added the examples. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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