to impinge on

Examples

• All

• Fewer have addressed how these two forces currently impinge on worker rights won over the past century in Central America.

  Academic text (2002)

• Will some of us say, well, you're impinging on our rights as free citizens to do what we want to do.

• How, how much do you impinge on free speech in order to keep people safe?

• And do you actually believe that trans rights, our human rights, means that your rights get to impinge on another group's rights?

  andrew gold | heretics.

• Because people are unique individuals, the same rule will impinge on various peoples differently.

  Academic text (1991)

• For the latter, various moral views are worthy of respect as long as they do not impinge on the freedom of others.

  Academic text (2016)

• The United States impinges on Ecuadorian politics in other important ways.

  Academic text (2004)

• The 2000 presidential election impinged on the government's reactions to demands from the steel industry.

  Academic text (2003)

• The structures of inequality, as they impinge on the community of scholars, are larger and deeper than USIS.

  Academic text (1998)

• The dynamics of African conflicts, therefore, involve the prevailing sociopolitical and economic realities that impinge on elite decision-making.

  Academic text (1990)

Synonyms

I

to infringe

vsto impinge on

• Formal

68 6.8

Break a rule or law and go against someone's rights

affects or limits things generally without implying illegal breach

I

to impair

vsto impinge on

61 5.1

To make something worse or less able to work

limits or restricts something rather than primarily damaging its function

I

to impede

vsto impinge on

35 6.5

To slow the progress or movement of people and things

produces a negative effect or restriction rather than directly blocking progress

E

to encroach

vsto impinge on

27 7.3

To gradually move into someone else's area, space, or rights without permission

affects or limits broadly rather than slowly invading someone else's space

C

to clamp down on

vsto impinge on

13 5.3

Take strong action to stop something bad or illegal

causes negative effect or restriction without implying authority or enforcement

I

to impinge

vsto impinge on

• Formal

6 8.0

To have a bad effect on someone or something

adds the idea of limiting or restricting as part of meaning

E

to encroach upon

vsto impinge on

2 6.8

To gradually move into someone's personal space, rights or privacy

affects or limits something generally, not always by slow intrusion

Antonyms

E

to expand

805 2.5

To grow larger in size, amount, or importance

How Restrictive

to infringe

• Formal

68 6.8

to constrain

64 5.6

to restrict

361 3.1

to impinge on

• Formal

3 7.5

to influence

591 2.2

to affect

∞ 3.0

Surface Forms

Morphology

Etymology