impinge
pronunciation
How to pronounce impinge in British English:
UK [ɪmˈpɪndʒ]
How to pronounce impinge in American English:
US [ɪmˈpɪndʒ]
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- Verb:
- impinge or infringe upon
- advance beyond the usual limit
Word Origin
- impinge (v.)
- 1530s, "fasten or fix forcibly," from Latin impingere "drive into, strike against," from assimilated form of in- "into, in, on, upon" (see in- (2)) + pangere "to fix, fasten" (see pact). Sense of "encroach, infringe" first recorded 1738. Related: Impinged; impinging.
Example
- 1. Yet if those systems seriously impinge on people 's freedom many people will balk .
- 2. These funds will come with stringent conditions that will impose external financial controls and impinge heavily on iceland 's hard-won sovereign independence .
- 3. Because the chinese are already worried about the security of their investments in u.s. dollars , he said , " I am going to ask that we get to take a look at it from that standpoint , again , making sure that there is no perception that this will impinge on the monetary side of things . "
- 4. Leading german figures never explained that large deficits in countries such as greece would eventually impinge on germany 's own finances .
- 5. At best , though , other species impinge on conventional politics only insofar as they are commodities .