Meaning

5 senses
  1. (transitive)To give or bestow (e.g. a quality or property).

    The sun imparts warmth.

    to impart food to the poor

    bestow a quality on

  2. (transitive)To give a part or to share.

    weitergeben, gewähren

    дава́тьdavátʹ, придава́тьpridavátʹ

  3. (transitive)To make known; to show (by speech, writing etc.).

    mitteilen, vermitteln, weitergeben

    сообща́тьsoobščátʹ

  4. (intransitive)To hold a conference or consultation.

  5. (transitive)To obtain a share of; to partake of.

Examples

12 sentences
  1. Will you impart the secret to me?

    ruПоделишься секретом со мной?

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  2. Tom is eager to impart his knowledge.

    ruТом рад поделиться своими знаниями.

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  3. He imparted all his knowledge to his son.

    ruОн передал сыну все свои знания.

    deEr hat all sein Wissen an seinen Sohn weitergegeben.

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  4. He wants to impart his wisdom to you.

    deEr will dich an seiner Weisheit teilhaben lassen.

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  5. Let me impart these few words of wisdom to you.

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Translations

7 languages
Русский
By meaning 2
to give a part or share:
communicate the knowledge of:
Deutsch
By meaning 2
to give a part or share:
communicate the knowledge of:

Origin

From Middle English imparten, borrowed from Middle French impartir, empartir, from Late La

From Middle English imparten, borrowed from Middle French impartir, empartir, from Late Latin impartiō, impertiō, from im- (“in”) + Latin partiō (“divide”).

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Forms

imparts, imparting, imparted, imparted
Base formimpart · to impart
3rd person singularimparts
Present participleimparting
Past simpleimparted
Past participleimparted

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theyimpart
he, she, itimparts

Past simpleLesson

all personsimparted

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave imparted
he, she, ithas imparted

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill impart

Synonyms

58 synonyms

Word family

9 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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