infringe
/ɪnˈfɹɪnd͡ʒ/
infringe verb: to break or violate a treaty, a law, a right, etc.
Verb
infringe (third-person singular simple present infringes, present participle infringing, simple past and past participle infringed)
- To break or violate a treaty, a law, a right, etc.
- Near-synonyms: flout, infract
- The patent situation, too, played a part in this, as often a firm sought to produce something which would achieve a given result, and yet not infringe a patent held by another; or a railway engineer would think of a device of his own that would free him of obligation to some manufacturer.1951, T. S. Lascelles, “British Railway Signalling Since 1925”, in Railway Magazine, number 600, page 226
- To break in or encroach on something.
- Near-synonym: impinge
- infringing on my personal freedom
- Synonyms:
- impinge
- To furnish or embellish with a fringe.
infringe meaning in Tamil, Urdu, Bengali and Malayalam
infringe in Tamil
- ஊறுபடுத்து, மீறு
infringe in Urdu
- دخل انداز ہونا, خلل ڈالنا, توڑنا
infringe in Bengali
- লঙ্ঘন করা, অনধিকার প্রবেশ করা, ভঙ্গ করা
infringe in Malayalam
- അതിക്രമിക്കുക, ലംഘിക്കുക, നിയമം ലംഘിക്കുക, ധിക്കരിക്കുക
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- infringe in Kannada
- ಉಲ್ಲಂಘಿಸು, ಅತಿಕ್ರಮಿಸು, ಮೀರು, ಭಂಗಮಾಡು
- infringe in Odia
- ତୁଟିବା tuṭibā
- infringe in Persian
- نقض کردن naqz kardan
Examples of infringe in a sentence
- Our product designs around the existing patents to avoid infringing them.
- Zoning laws may infringe on the rights of infrastructuralists.
- NHL says it's infringing to use the keyword NHL in your app about the NHL.
Synonyms of infringe
Forms of infringe
| third-person singular present | infringes |
|---|---|
| present participle | infringing |
| past participle | infringed |
| past | infringed |
| alternative form (archaic) | enfringe |
Origin of infringe
Borrowed from Latin īnfringō, īnfringere (“to break off, break, bruise, weaken, destroy”), from in (“in”) + frangere (“to break”).
Words formed from infringe
Words that rhyme with infringe
Questions about infringe
- What does infringe mean?
- Infringe means to break or violate a treaty, a law, a right, etc.
- What is infringe in Tamil?
- Infringe in Tamil is ஊறுபடுத்து, மீறு. See Infringe meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is infringe?
- Infringe is a verb.
- How do you pronounce infringe?
- Infringe is pronounced /ɪnˈfɹɪnd͡ʒ/.
- What is the past tense of infringe?
- The past tense of infringe is infringed.
Words near infringe in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: infringe (page history and authors); infringe (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); infringe (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); Infringe (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); infringe (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); infringe (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); ତୁଟିବା (Odia) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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