Impinge Meaning
/ɪmˈpɪnd͡ʒ/Definition, CEFR level C1, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.
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Definition
verbTo make a physical impact on.
verbTo interfere with.
Sentence Examples
I can't let these distractions impinge on my work.
Synonyms & Antonyms
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CEFR Practice Quiz
The controversial new law will ____ the privacy rights of ordinary citizens.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
The new housing development began to ____ on the natural habitat of several local bird species.
Word Origin & History
Borrowed from Latin impingō (“dash against, impinge”). Compare impact, derived from the perfect passive participle of impingō.
Literary Quotations & Historical Citations
"The ordinary rocks upon which such men do impinge and precipitate themselves, are cards, dice, hawks, and hounds […]"
— 1638, Democritus Junior [pseudonym; Robert Burton], The Anatomy of Melancholy. […], 5th edition, Oxford, Oxfordshire: […] [Robert Young, Miles Flesher, and Leonard Lichfield and William Turner] for Henry Cripps, →OCLC, partition 1, page 118:
"[...] are bent up at right angles to the plate to form flanges which impinge the opposite sides of the nut, thus preventing the latter from turning. It is evident that the bolt-body proper is in no way mutilated or injured and that[…]"
— 1905, United States. Patent Office, Specifications and Drawings of Patents Issued from the United States Patent Office for ..., page 1419:
"In the second or operative position of the hinged prism, the opaque plate mounting the prism is moved out of the optical path so that light from the laser source is transmitted along the optical path to impinge the target at the[…]"
— 1970, United States. Patent Office, Official Gazette of the United States Patent Office, page 189:
"In the near field not only the shock wave but also the expanding products of the explosion will impinge the plate which introduces some[…]"
— 2016 December 1, Carlos Guedes Soares, T.A. Santos, Maritime Technology and Engineering III: Proceedings of the 3rd International Conference on Maritime Technology and Engineering (MARTECH 2016, Lisbon, Portugal, 4-6 July 2016), CRC Press, →ISBN, page 542:
"For example, if the trophic fibre is impinged there would be too much or too little gastric juice; if the motor fibre is impinged the muscular contractions of the stomach would be lessened; if the sensory fibre is impinged there[…]"
— 1921, Arthur Leopold Forster, The White Mark: An Editorial History of Chiropractic, page 127:
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CEFR Practice Quiz
The controversial new law will ____ the privacy rights of ordinary citizens.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
The new housing development began to ____ on the natural habitat of several local bird species.