impinge
verb/ɪmˈpɪndʒ/
/ɪmˈpɪndʒ/
[intransitive] (formal)Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they impinge | /ɪmˈpɪndʒ/ /ɪmˈpɪndʒ/ |
| he / she / it impinges | /ɪmˈpɪndʒɪz/ /ɪmˈpɪndʒɪz/ |
| past simple impinged | /ɪmˈpɪndʒd/ /ɪmˈpɪndʒd/ |
| past participle impinged | /ɪmˈpɪndʒd/ /ɪmˈpɪndʒd/ |
| -ing form impinging | /ɪmˈpɪndʒɪŋ/ /ɪmˈpɪndʒɪŋ/ |
- impinge (on/upon something/somebody) to have a clear and definite effect on something/somebody, especially a bad one synonym encroach
- He never allowed his work to impinge on his private life.
- The preparations for war were beginning to impinge.
Extra Examples- Libel laws can impinge upon the freedom of the press.
- Environmental stimuli are constantly impinging upon our sensory systems.
- It is difficult to separate the factors that impinge upon market efficiency.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb- seriously
- hardly
- rarely
- …
- on
- upon
Word Originmid 16th cent.: from Latin impingere ‘drive something in or at’, from in- ‘into’ + pangere ‘fix, drive’. The word originally meant ‘thrust at forcibly’, then ‘come into forcible contact’; hence ‘encroach’ (mid 18th cent.).Definitions on the go
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