small New technologies have only had a small impact on the overall level of employment. The impact has been enormous on people’s daily lives. huge/enormous/massive Industry has a huge impact on the environment we live in. His impact was greater than that of the Beatles.

3 → on impact COLLOCATIONS adjectives big/great Winning this competition could have a big impact on my life.

► see thesaurus at effect 2 HIT/BUMP INTO the force of one object hitting another The force of the impact knocked the breath out of her. impact of an international meeting to consider the environmental impacts of global warming ► Don’t say ‘cause an impact’ on something. major/significant/profound etc impact Higher mortgage rates have already had a major impact on spending. S3 W2 AWL noun 1 EFFECT/INFLUENCE the effect or influence that an event, situation etc has on someone or something impact on/upon We need to assess the impact on climate change.From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English impact im‧pact 1 / ˈɪmpækt /

To have an effect on someone synonym