impede

[ im-peed ]

/ ɪmˈpid /

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verb (used with object), im·ped·ed, im·ped·ing.

to retard in movement or progress by means of obstacles or hindrances; obstruct; hinder.

Origin of impede

1595–1605; < Latin impedīre to entangle, literally, to snare the feet. See im-¹, pedi-

SYNONYMS FOR impede

slow, delay, check, stop, block, thwart.

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ANTONYMS FOR impede

advance, encourage.

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See prevent.

OTHER WORDS FROM impede

im·ped·er, noun im·ped·i·bil·i·ty

[im-pee-duh-bil-i-tee, -ped-uh-] /ɪmˌpi dəˈbɪl ɪ ti, -ˌpɛd ə-/, noun im·ped·i·ble, adjective im·ped·ing·ly, adverb

un·im·ped·ed, adjective un·im·ped·ing, adjective un·im·ped·ing·ly, adverb

Words nearby impede

impeccable, impeccant, impecunious, impedance, impedance matching, impede, impediment, impedimenta, impedor, impel, impellent

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Moreover, they have been allowed to impede the realization of a crucial American national security interest.

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Raise the rates, and you impede efficiency-enhancing transactions - and thereby harm everybody's economic welfare.

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But by the late ‘90s, the 5-foot-3 singer’s weight, which topped 400 pounds, began to impede her ability to perform.

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Those workers' debts now impede the further borrowing that postponed the crisis to 2007.

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If we load it with the oil of luxury, it will give an additional vigor, but in the end, clog and impede the motion.

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Who art thou, who will impede this work, or shall be able to impede it, seeing God will have it forward.

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With this view, the first object was to stop, or at least to impede, the arrival of supplies from Zealand.

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With which accordingly Lady Knollys was quickly supplied; but it did not at all impede her utterance.

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I have come——' Here Cyril paused; the dryness of his lips seemed to impede his utterance. '

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British Dictionary definitions for impede

impede

/ (ɪmˈpiːd) /

verb

(tr) to restrict or retard in action, progress, etc; hinder; obstruct

Derived forms of impede

impeder, noun impedingly, adverb

Word Origin for impede

C17: from Latin impedīre to hinder, literally: shackle the feet, from pēs foot

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impede

verb (used with object), im·ped·ed, im·ped·ing.

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impede

verb (used with object), im·ped·ed, im·ped·ing.

Origin of impede

SYNONYMS FOR impede

ANTONYMS FOR impede

synonym study for impede

OTHER WORDS FROM impede

Words nearby impede

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