Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- transitive verb To retard or obstruct the progress of. synonym: hinder.
from The Century Dictionary.
- To be an obstacle to; stand in the way of; hinder; obstruct.
- Synonyms To clog, retard, delay, check, fetter, hamper.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- transitive verb To hinder; to stop in progress; to obstruct.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- verb to get in the way of; to
hinder
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- verb be a hindrance or obstacle to
- verb block passage through
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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All through the social mass run curious veins and streakings separating man from man and woman from woman; mysterious prerogatives and disabilities too ethereal to be distinguished by anything so crude as a title impede and disorder the great business of human intercourse.
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Does the R behind my name impede you from having a true debate?
Think Progress » Congressman: ‘I Fear…We Will Have Many More Muslims In The United States’ 2006
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Belle - My comment not a criticism of the writer (you) as regards "impede" - I took it as quote from the "officials" and Best Buy people and it really lit my fire.
Best Buy to Get New Intersection, Light on 29N at cvillenews.com 2003
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Does fear of that label impede including race in our aesthetic debates and in our poems?
Those Pesky Minority Poets : Rigoberto González : Harriet the Blog : The Poetry Foundation 2007
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Planning may, in other words, impede itself from functioning as its proponents claim it should.
The Rise and Fall of Strategic Planning HENRY MINTZBERG 1994
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Planning may, in other words, impede itself from functioning as its proponents claim it should.
The Rise and Fall of Strategic Planning HENRY MINTZBERG 1994
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Still, Pearson resists being grouped with other shorts, arguing he would rather be long Chinese stocks and expressing concern that the moniker will impede his access in China.
Reuters: Top News 2011
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Still, Pearson resists being grouped with other shorts, arguing he would rather be long Chinese stocks and expressing concern that the moniker will impede his access in China.
Reuters: Top News 2011
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Still, Pearson resists being grouped with other shorts, arguing he would rather be long Chinese stocks and expressing concern that the moniker will impede his access in China.
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Al-Ansari lamented hoax calls impede the work of firefighters and might endanger lives of many people in case such calls coincide with real fire incidents.
Arab Times Kuwait English Daily SuperUser Account 2010
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