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Auswirkung — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • effect noun A change that is the result or consequence of something else.
  • impact noun The force of one object striking another; a collision.
  • implication noun A possible or likely consequence of an action or decision.
  • ramification noun The way something splits into smaller branches, as a plant's stem or a blood vessel does.
  • repercussion noun A bad result of an action or event, usually one that arrives later and indirectly. Usually plural.

Senses

Auswirkung is used for these senses in English:

  • effect (sound engineering) An alteration, or device for producing an alteration, in sound after it has been produced by an instrument.
  • impact (figurative, proscribed) A significant or strong influence or effect.
  • implication (countable) A possible effect or result of a decision or action.
  • ramification (figurative, often, in plural) An offshoot of a decision, fact etc.; a consequence or implication, especially one which complicates a situation.
  • repercussion A consequence or ensuing result of some action.

effect — full definition

  1. noun A change that is the result or consequence of something else.
  2. verb To bring about; to cause to happen.

impact — full definition

  1. noun The force of one object striking another; a collision.
  2. noun A significant effect or influence.
  3. verb To have a significant effect on something.
  4. verb To strike or collide with something forcefully.
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