Definizione monolingua

impinge

impinge (third-person singular simple present impinges, present participle impinging, simple past and past participle impinged)

1. (intransitive, now rare) To make a physical impact (on); to collide, to crash (upon).
   • 1621, Robert Burton, The Anatomy of Melancholy, vol. 1, New York Review Books 2001, p. 287:

     The ordinary rocks upon which such men do impinge and precipitate themselves, are cards, dice, hawks, and hounds [...].

2. (intransitive, figuratively) To interfere with; to encroach (on, upon).
   • 2006 Summer, Keith R. Fisher, “Toward a Basal Tenth Amendment: A Riposte to National Bank Preemption of State Consumer Protection Laws”, Harvard Journal of Law & Public Policy, volume 29, page 981-1034:?

     It is astonishing that the meaning of a single declarative sentence enshrined in the Bill of Rights has evaded judicial construction establishing, at a minimum, some bedrock level of state sovereignty upon which the federal government can not impinge.

3. (transitive) To have an effect upon; to limit.

Definizione dizionario impinge

agire

avere ripercussioni

commettere

contrastare

fare

interferire

urtare contro

violare

Altri significati:

(intransitive, figuratively) To interfere with; to encroach (on, upon).

(intransitive, now rare) To make a physical impact (on); to collide, to crash (upon).

(transitive) To have an effect upon; to limit.