impact

Definition

Examples

The new policy had a positive impact on employee morale.

Word Family

Synonyms

• effecta phenomenon that follows and is caused by some previous phenomenon
• influencea power to affect persons or events especially power based on prestige etc
• affectthe conscious subjective aspect of feeling or emotion

Collocations

• Easy big impact
  describing big impact (above average in size or number or quantity or magnitude or extent)
• Medium negative impact on revenue
  to negative impact on revenue, meaning to vote against; refuse to endorse; refuse to assent
• Hard assess environmental impact of operations
  to assess environmental impact of operations, meaning to evaluate or estimate the nature, quality, ability, extent, or significance of
• Very Hard cushion severe impact of tariff hikes
  to cushion severe impact of tariff hikes, meaning to protect from impact