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to slow something down or prevent an activity from making progress at its previous rate: Shortages of medicine were impeding the effort to control diseases. (Definition of impede from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press) Examples of impede. impede.
The meaning of IMPEDE is to interfere with or slow the progress of. How to use impede in a sentence. Synonym Discussion of Impede.
to retard in movement or progress by means of obstacles or hindrances; obstruct; hinder. Synonyms: thwart, block, stop, check, delay, slow. Antonyms: encourage, advance. impede.
To impede something is to delay or block its progress or movement. Carrying six heavy bags will impede your progress if you're trying to walk across town in a hurry. Impede comes from the Latin impedire which literally means "to hold the feet," formed from the prefix in-, ("in") plus pes ("foot").
5 days ago · impede in American English. (ɪmˈpid) transitive verb Word forms: -peded, -peding. to retard in movement or progress by means of obstacles or hindrances; obstruct; hinder. SYNONYMS slow, delay, check, stop, block, thwart. See prevent. ANTONYMS advance, encourage.
impede something to delay or stop the progress of something synonym hinder, hamper. Work on the building was impeded by severe weather. A number of practical difficulties impeded the process. In what ways did economic factors impede progress?
