Obstructions near doors can impede people in an emergency.
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Impede
//ɪmˈpiːd//
Synonyms for "impede" (148 found)
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Related words (74)
hold in checkhold uphunderinhibitinterceptinterfereintermeddleinterruptinterveneinvolvekeep backkeep in checklaglamelet downlet uplimelose groundlose momentumlose speed
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3 entriesSynonyms
8 entriesRelated terms
3 entriesderived
4 entriesderived from
2 entriesetymologically related_to
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3 entriesTranslations
46 translations across 25 languages.
Ancient Greek
2 entries- κωλύω verb (to get in the way of; to hinder)
- ἐγκόπτω verb (to get in the way of; to hinder)
Arabic
2 entries- عَرْقَلَ verb (to get in the way of; to hinder)
- عَوَّقَ verb (to get in the way of; to hinder)
Bulgarian
3 entries- задържам verb (to get in the way of; to hinder)
- преча verb (to get in the way of; to hinder)
- спирам verb (to get in the way of; to hinder)
Catalan
1 entries- impedir verb (to get in the way of; to hinder)
Chinese Cantonese
1 entries- 阻住 verb (to get in the way of; to hinder)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 阻礙 /阻碍 verb (to get in the way of; to hinder)
Czech
3 entries- bránit verb (to get in the way of; to hinder)
- překážet verb (to get in the way of; to hinder)
- zabránit verb (to get in the way of; to hinder)
Dutch
4 entries- belemmeren verb (to get in the way of; to hinder)
- beletten verb (to get in the way of; to hinder)
- hinderen verb (to get in the way of; to hinder)
- in de weg staan verb (to get in the way of; to hinder)
Finnish
1 entries- haitata verb (to get in the way of; to hinder)
French
1 entries- entraver verb (to get in the way of; to hinder)
Galician
1 entries- impedir verb (to get in the way of; to hinder)
German
4 entries- behindern verb (to get in the way of; to hinder)
- erschweren verb (to get in the way of; to hinder)
- hemmen verb (to get in the way of; to hinder)
- hindern verb (to get in the way of; to hinder)
Gothic
1 entries- 𐌼𐌰𐍂𐌶𐌾𐌰𐌽 verb (to get in the way of; to hinder)
Hungarian
1 entries- gátol verb (to get in the way of; to hinder)
Italian
3 entries- impedire verb (to get in the way of; to hinder)
- intralciare verb (to get in the way of; to hinder)
- ostacolare verb (to get in the way of; to hinder)
Latin
1 entries- impediō verb (to get in the way of; to hinder)
Māori
4 entries- kaiwaenga verb (to get in the way of; to hinder)
- rore verb (to get in the way of; to hinder)
- taupare verb (to get in the way of; to hinder)
- whakahōtaetae verb (to get in the way of; to hinder)
Norwegian
1 entries- hindre verb (to get in the way of; to hinder)
Persian
1 entries- بازداشتن verb (to get in the way of; to hinder)
Portuguese
1 entries- impedir verb (to get in the way of; to hinder)
Romanian
1 entries- împiedica verb (to get in the way of; to hinder)
Russian
2 entries- меша́ть verb (to get in the way of; to hinder)
- препя́тствовать verb (to get in the way of; to hinder)
Spanish
2 entries- empecer verb (to get in the way of; to hinder)
- impedir verb (to get in the way of; to hinder)
Turkish
1 entries- engellemek verb (to get in the way of; to hinder)
Vietnamese
2 entries- cản trở verb (to get in the way of; to hinder)
- ngăn cản verb (to get in the way of; to hinder)
Sample sentences
14 total sentences available.
He has tried to impede an official investigation.
Source: tatoeba (6090991)
Hard surfaces, such as concrete, cover large portions of land, impede the natural absorption of water, and thus exacerbate surficial erosion on adjacent unprotected land.
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Without more significant global greenhouse gas mitigation and regional adaptation efforts, climate change is expected to cause substantial losses to infrastructure and property and impede the rate of economic growth over this century.
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