impinge

See also: împinge

English

Etymology

(deprecated template usage)

Borrowed from Latin impingō (“dash against, impinge”). Compare impact, derived from the perfect passive participle of impingō.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɪmˈpɪndʒ/

Verb

1. (transitive, now rare) To make a physical impact on.

   Synonyms: collide, crash, strike

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2. (intransitive, figuratively) To interfere with.

   Synonyms: encroach, infringe, trespass
3. (intransitive, figuratively) To have an effect upon, especially a negative one.

   Synonyms: affect, limit, touch, influence, impact

   • 1913, Robert Barr, chapter 4, in Lord Stranleigh Abroad:

     “I have tried, as I hinted, to enlist the co-operation of other capitalists, but experience has taught me that any appeal is futile that does not impinge directly upon cupidity. …”

   • 1982, Patrick O' Brien, “European Economic Development: The Contribution of the Periphery”, in The Economic History Review, volume 107, number 2, page 445:

     Except for a restricted range of examples, growth, stagnation, and decay everywhere in Western Europe can be explained mainly by endogenous forces. The 'world economy', such as it was, hardly impinged [on Europe].

   • 2017, Rutger Bregman, chapter 3, in Elizabeth Manton, transl., Utopia for Realists, Kindle edition, Bloomsbury Publishing, page 56:

     Scarcity impinges on your mind. People behave differently when they perceive a thing to be scarce.

Usage notes

• The transitive use is less common, not included in many small dictionaries, and not favored by Garner's Modern American Usage (2009).

Derived terms

• impingement
• impingent
• impinger

 

Related terms

• impact

Translations

to make a physical impact on to collide, to crash (upon)

• Bulgarian: удрям се (udrjam se), попадам върху (popadam vǎrhu)
• Dutch: raken (nl), treffen (nl), botsen (nl)
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• French: toucher (fr), butter (fr), cogner (fr)
• Spanish: chocar (es)

to interfere with

• Bulgarian: накърнявам (bg) (nakǎrnjavam), посягам на (posjagam na)
• Dutch: beroeren (nl), invloed hebben op
• French: influencer (fr), troubler (fr)
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Galician: escrutar
• Russian: посяга́ть (ru) (posjagátʹ)
• Spanish: interferir (es), inmiscuirse (es)

to have an effect upon; to limit

• Dutch: beinvloeden
• French: agir sur
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• Spanish: limitar (es)

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Italian

Verb

impinge

1. third-person singular present indicative of impingere

Anagrams

• impegni

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Latin

Verb

(deprecated template usage) impinge

1. second-person singular present active imperative of impingō