Impede

Definitions: Impede

Impede

Verb

1. Be a hindrance or obstacle to; "She is impeding the progress of our project".

2. Block passage through; "obstruct the path".

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Date "impede" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1588. (references)

Note: Impede \Im*pede"\, transitive verb. [imperative past participle Impeded; present participle verb or noun Impeding.]. (Websters 1913)

Synonyms: Impede

Hindrance

Verb: hinder, impede, filibuster, impedite, embarrass.

Crosswords: Impede

Books

• Defense Spending and Employment: Information Limitations Impede Thorough Assessments (reference)

• Do Not Inflate: As This May Impede Your Exit (reference)

• The God fixation : polenic [sic] essays about religious fixations that impede educational progress (reference)

• The hot campus: the politics that impede change in the technoversity (reference)

• U.S. programs that impede U.S. export competitiveness : the regulatory environment (reference)

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Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Such regulations must be reasonable and uniform and must not impede traffic unnecessarily. (reference)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Health

Transplants from the PNS also seem to reduce scarring around the injury that may impede regrowth. (references)

The diagnosis of the chronic fatigue syndrome should not impede the treatment of coexisting disorders, notably depression. (references)

Ideally, the formal (paid) community-based services should complement rather than impede services provided by informal caregivers. (references)

Business

State authorities do not effectively impede the establishment of these militias, which reportedly often employ police and military personnel. (references)

Children

Bolivia

However, resource constraints continue to impede full implementation of this law. (references)

South Africa

While the Government, the public, and the media have paid increased attention to the problem, a lack of coordinated and comprehensive strategies to deal with violent crimes continues to impede the delivery of needed services to young victims. (references)

South Africa

According to the report, girls "are confronted with levels of sexual violence and sexual harassment in schools that impede their access to education on equal terms with male students." The report stated that the Government was working to improve its responses to domestic and sexual violence, but recommended "a more proactive, coordinated, and system-wide response." There was no reported action by year's end. (references)

Civil Liberties

Israel and the occupied territories

These "internal" closures impede the flow of goods, including food and fuel, and persons. (references)

India

In Assam the state government has attempted to impede criticism by filing a number of criminal defamation charges against journalists. (references)

Georgia

Jehovah's Witnesses alleged that police actively participated in these activities, and at least one eyewitness confirmed that police did not impede the Basilists. (references)

Economic History

Chad

Very poor roads impede distribution of goods within Chad. (references)

Chad

In practice, illegal taxes continue to impede the free flow of goods. (references)

Ghana

There has been sustained effort to repeal laws that impede and distort investment. (references)

Human Rights

Croatia

These factors continued to impede development of local police capability. (references)

San Marino

There are no domestic human rights organizations, although the Government does not impede their formation. (references)

Turkey

Legal, administrative, and bureaucratic barriers impede prosecutions and contributed to the low number of convictions for torture. (references)

Indigenous People

Peru

Many factors impede their ability to participate in, and facilitate their deliberate exclusion from, decision making directly affecting their lands, culture, traditions, and the allocation of natural resources. (references)

Minorities

Mauritania

A number of accounts suggest that some members of the long-dominant White Moor community, which traditionally enslaved darker skinned groups, may continue to expect or desire servitude on the part of members of the generally darker-skinned Black Moors and southern ethnic groups, and that such attitudes may impede efforts to build a nondiscriminatory society and to eliminate the vestiges of slavery and consequences of slavery, goals to which both the Government and major opposition parties are committed. (references)

Political Economy

RUSSIA

The Veterinary Service regularly promulgates internal regulations that impede trade. (references)

Political Rights

Kyrgyz Republic

The Government continued to impede the functioning of opposition political groupings and the expression of opposition views in the media. (references)

Belize

No laws impede participation of women in politics; however, the percentage of women in government and politics does not correspond to their percentage of the population, due to both tradition and socioeconomic factors. (references)

Jamaica

However, voters living in "garrison communities" in inner-city areas dominated by one of the two major political parties face substantial influence and pressure from politically connected gangs and young men hired by political parties, which impede the free exercise of their right to vote. (references)

Trade

Chile

Animal Health and Phytosanitary Requirements: Chile continues to have animal health, phytosanitary and sanitary requirements which impede imports. (references)

Canada

However, certain non-tariff barriers at both the federal and provincial levels continue to impede access of US goods and services to Canada or retard potential export growth. (references)

Travel

Slovak Rep

General social conversation prior to business is the norm, and launching directly into business may impede the development of a good personal relationship with the Slovak business partner. (references)

Women

Peru

Traditional assumptions and misconceptions often impede access by women to leadership roles in both the public and private sectors. (references)

Honduras

Under the law, women have equal access to educational opportunities; however, family pressures often impede the ambitions of girls who wish to attend high school. (references)

Worker Rights

Tunisia

There were numerous short-lived strikes over failure by employers to fulfill contract provisions regarding pay and conditions and over efforts by employers to impede union activities. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Albanian

pengoj (arrest, baffle, balk, baulk, block, clog, cross, cumber, delay, detain, embarrass, encumber, estop, foil, forbid, frustrate, get in the way, hamper, handicap, hedge in, hinder, hobble, inhibit, interfere, interfere with, interrupt, jam, keep away from, let, obstruct, occlude, oppose, preclude, prevent, prohibit, resist, set back, shut in, stumble, trammel, traverse, trouble), nxjerr pengesa, ndaloj (arrest, balk, ban, bar, baulk, block, break down, cease, challenge, close down, come to a halt, debar, detain, disallow, disqualify, enjoin, estop, forbid, halt, inhibit, interdict, negative, nip, prevent, prohibit, proscribe, pull up, stall, stop, tackle, withhold). (various references)

Arabic 

‏عاق (baffle, balk, block, cramp, delay, derange, detain, deter, dirty, discourage, disloyal, disturb, embarrass, encumber, estop, handicap, hinder, hobble, hurt, impious, interrupt, penalize, preclude, prevent, retard, set back, shackle, stifle, thankless, thwart, tie up, trammel, trap, undutiful, ungrateful, unthankful), ‏إعترض السبيل. (various references)

Bulgarian 

спъвам (beset, clog, cramp, embarrass, entangle, fetter, hinder, hobble, interfere, preclude, prevent, prohibit, retard, set back, shackle, short circuit, snag, snub, tie, trammel, trig), спирам (arrest, bit, block, brake, bring to, bring to rest, bring up, call a halt, cease, check, come to a halt, come to rest, cut, cut off, cut short, die, discontinue, draw up, drive up, dwell, end, fix, go phut, halt, hang up, heave to, hold back, hold in, immobilize, inhibit, intervene, keep off, kill, leave off, lock, occlude, preclude, prevent, pull in, pull up, put in, quash, quit, run down, snub, stint, stop, suppress, suspend, trammel, trig, withhold), преча на (cross, fetter, handicap, incommode, intercept, negative, obstruct, prevent, retard, shackle, trammel, weigh against). (various references)

Chinese 

妨碍 (Encumber, Encumbered, Encumbering, hindrance, impeded, impeding, molest, molested, Molesting). (various references)

Czech

ztìžovat (hamper, hinder, make difficult), zdržovat (buttonhole, distract, hinder, hold off, obstruct, restrain), překážet (get in the way, hamper, hinder, interrupt, resist, restrain, stymie, tie up), brzdit (apply the brakes, backpedal, brake, hamper, hinder), bránit (cumber, defend, hinder, keep, obstruct, stymie, trammel). (various references)

Danish

raekkevidden af de elektromagnetiske boelger indskraenkes betydeligt ved daempning og reflektion (damping and reflection phenomena underground considerably impede the range of electromagnetic waves), hindre stemmeafgivning (to impede polling), hindre sejladsen (to hinder the navigation, to impede the navigation), haemme udvidelsen af samhandelen (to impede the expansion of the volume of trade). (various references)

Dutch

verstoppen (block, clog, conceal, constipate, hamper, hide, hinder, obstruct, plug up, stand in the way of, stop up), opstoppen (hamper, hinder, obstruct, stand in the way of, stemming, tamping), obstructie voeren (hamper, hinder, obstruct, stand in the way of), belemmeren (bar, bother, disturb, hamper, hinder, inhibit, obstruct, oppose, prevent, stand in the way of, trouble). (various references)

Esperanto

obstrukci (hamper, hinder, obstruct, stand in the way of). (various references)

Faeroese

tippa (block, clog, hamper, hinder, obstruct, plug up, stand in the way of, stop up), tarna (hamper, hinder, obstruct, stand in the way of), tálma (hamper, hinder, obstruct, stand in the way of), draga út (hamper, hinder, obstruct, stand in the way of). (various references)

Farsi 

ممانعت کردن (Check, Prevent, Stall), مانع شدن (Ail, Debar, Exclude, Hamper, Hinder, Holdup, Inhibit, Obstruct, Obturate, Prevent, Rein, Resist, Revoke, Stop, Stymie, Suppress), بازداشتن (Arrest, Bar, Bloc, Block, Contain, Debar, Detain, Deter, Encumber, Interdict, Prevent, Stay, Stow). (various references)

Finnish

taannuttaa (keep back, set back), haitata (hamper, hurt, inconvenience, trouble), estää (block, check, hinder, inhibit, obstruckt, preclude, prevent, suppress), ehkäistä (check, hamper, hinder, inhibit, obstruct, prevent, restrain). (various references)

French

faire obstacle, entraver, empêcher. (various references)

German

hindern (bar, be a hindrance, be disturbing, debar, deter, hamper, hinder, incapacitate, inhibit, obstruct, prevent, prohibit, stymie, to detain, to embarrass, to inhibit, to stymie). (various references)

Greek 

παρακωλύω (get in the way, hinder, hold up, obstruct, preclude). (various references)

Hebrew 

לעכב (dally, delay, detain, hinder, hold up, inhibit, prevent, retard, stop, stunt), ל�"כשיל (cause failure, flunk, lead astray, make err, stump, thwart, trip, trip up). (various references)

Hungarian

meggátol (encumber, hinder, inhibit, prevent, to check, to encumber, to hinder, to impede, to incapacitate, to inhibit, to preclude, to stem), feltartóztat (contain, delay, hold back, intercept, keep back, to arrest, to contain, to delay, to hang up, to hold up, to impede, to intercept, to waylay), akadályoz (antagonize, bar, baulk, counterwork, cumber, encumber, hamper, hold, interfere, obstruct, prevent, to clog, to clog up, to cramp, to detain, to discourage, to embarrass, to encumber, to hamper, to hold up, to impede, to incapacitate, to inhibit, to keep from, to put back, to put off, to set back, to thwart, to tie, to traverse, trammel). (various references)

Indonesian

merintangi (debar, embarrass, encumber, hamper, hinder, incommode, obstruct), menghambat (hamper, hinder, obstruct), mengabar (brake, hinder, remove). (various references)

Italian

impedire (arrest, baffle, bar, check, circumvent, clog, debar, detain, encumber, fetter, forestall, hamper, hinder, inhibit, keep, obstruct, obviate, prevent, trammel), ostacolare (bar, block, cross, delay, fetter, hamper, handicap, hinder, interfere, militate against, obstruct, prevent, scotch, Stonewall, thwart). (various references)

Korean 

방해하십시�" (hinder, interfere, molest). (various references)

Manx

lhiettal (clog, counteract, discourage, hinder, inhibit, intercept, obstruct, prevent, prevention, restrain, restrict, stop down, veto). (various references)

Norwegian

hindre (encumber, hamper, hinder, inhibit). (various references)

Pig Latin

impedeay.(various references)

Portuguese

impedir (arrest, avert, balk, block, clash, clog, cramp, cumber, dam, debar, delay, detain, embarrassed, estop, fetterless, forbid, foreclose, hamper, hinder, hobbledehoy, intercept, interfere, let be, oppose, preclude, prevent, prohibit, put a stop, resist, restrain, set back, shackle, stop, thwart, trammel, withhold), impedância (complex impedance, electrical impedance, impedance), embaraçar (abash, astonish, astound, blur, clog, cumber, derange, detain, dim, disconcert, embarrass, embroil, encumber, entangle, ha, hamper, hinder, implicate, puzzle, quiz, straiten, trammel), dificultar (complicate, embarrass, encumber, hamper, hamper success, hinder, interfere, stickle, thwart). (various references)

Romanian

stânjeni (cumber, disturb, embarrass, encumber, hamper, hinder, inconvenience, intrude upon, trouble), reţine (arrest, bespeak, book, catch, confine, delay, detain, dock, engage, fix, ground, hinder, hold, hold in, keep, keep back, keep in, laten, learn, memorize, nota bene, refrain, remember, reserve, restrain, retain, secure, stop, take by the button, trammel, withhold), pune beţe în roate, întârzia (defer, delay, drive, lag, laten, linger, lose, retard, stave off), împiedica (arrest, back, balk, baulk, block, brake, check, circumvent, clog, delay, detain, deter, embarrass, encumber, forbid, foreclose, hamper, help, hinder, hitch, hobble, hold, hopple, inhibit, intercept, lock, obstruct, prevent, put on the brakes, restrain, shackle, shut out, snag, stay, stop, trammel, withhold). (various references)

Russian 

препятствовать (balk, be in the road, clog, estop, get in smb.'s road, hamper, hinder, inhibit, interrupt, keep away, militate, preclude from, prohibit, short circuit). (various references)

Scottish

grab (hinder, interrupt, prevent, stop). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian

sprečiti (arrest, avert, balk, baulk, debar, disenable, forestall, head off, hinder, impeach, inhibit, keep from, preclude, prevent, scotch), smetati (annoy, bother, disturb, hamper, hinder, inconvenience, interfere with), ometati (hinder, interfere with, overslaugh). (various references)

Spanish

impedir (bar, circumvent, cut off, detain, forestall, guard against, hamper, hinder, inhibit, keep, keep off, obviate, prevent, prohibit), obstruir (bar, barricade, beset, block, block up, choke, clog, foul, hinder, interfere, jam, lumber, obstruct, occlude, shut up, tie up), estorbar (bar, be in the way of, bother, defeat, derange, disturb, encumber, fetter, gag, get in the way, guard against, hamper, handicap, hinder, inhibit, interfere with, intrude, keep back, muzzle, obstruct, prevent, thwart, tie, upset), empachar (handicap, hinder, stop up, thwart, to spoil), embargar (attach, confiscate, distrain upon, embargo, impound, seize, sequester, sequestrate). (various references)

Swedish

hindra (balk, bar, baulk, clog, constrain, contain, cramp, cross, cumber, curb, detain, embarrass, encumber, forbid, foreclose, hamper, hamstring, hedge, hinder, inhibit, interfere with, keep back, obstruct, occlude, preclude, prevent, put back, short circuit, snag, stay, stymie, trammel, traverse), hejda (arrest, check, head off, hold, hold back, inhibit, intercept, keep back, stop), hämma (check, clog, cramp, depress, fetter, inhibit, obstruct, retard, stanch, stunt, tie, trammel), försena (delay, retard). (various references)

Turkish

sekte vurmak (interrupt, put back), sürüncemede bırakmak (retard, sidestep), geciktirmek (adjourn, delay, hold up, keep back, postpone, procrastinate, put back, retard, set back, sidetrack, stall, stall off, stave off), engellemek (balk, bar, baulk, block, circumvent, clamp the lid on smth., clog, counterwork, cramp, Crimp, cross, cumber, dam, dam up, defeat, embarrass, encumber, fetter, foil, gum up, hamper, hedge, hedge about, hedge around, hinder, hobble, inhibit, keep down, keep from, obstruct, preclude, prevent from, put the lid on smth., resist, restrain, save, shut out, snag, stem, stymie, surety, trammel). (various references)

Ukranian 

затримувати (apprehend, arrest, balk, dam, defer, delay, deport, detain, impound, intern, nip, pull back, withhold), перешкоджати (baffle, balk, bar, barrier in, baulk, block, check, clog, counteract, cumber, debar, discourage, forbid, handicap, inhibit, militate, prevent, set back, tie up, trammel). (various references)

Welsh

llesteirio (balk, hinder). (various references)

cunctor, inpediantur, inpediaris, inpedias, inpediat, inpediatur, inpediebar, inpediret, inpedit, inpeditus, inpedivit, officio. (various references)

Derivations

Words beginning with "impede": impeded, impeder, impeders, impedes. (additional references)

Words containing "impede": unimpeded. (additional references)

Misspellings

"Impede" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: empede, empeed, imbide, Imede, imee, imipenem, impe, impead, impedit, impeed, impemd, impere, impet, impid, implede, impude, Imreie, Inpadoc, Ippleden, ipsden, itped, Kimpese, mpende, Mppda. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

-1 letter: imped.

-2 letters: deem, deep, deme, dime, eide, idem, meed, peed, pied.

-3 letters: dee, die, dim, dip, eme, imp, med, mid, ped, pee, pie.

-4 letters: de, ed, em, id, me, mi, pe, pi.

+1 letter: demirep, emptied, epiderm, impeded, impeder, impedes.

+2 letters: bedimple, demireps, epidemic, epiderms, impeders, impelled, impended, impledge, milleped, pediment, periderm, premedic, premised, premixed, simpered.

+3 letters: bedimpled, bedimples, bepimpled, deperming, distemper, ephemerid, epicedium, epidemics, epidermal, epidermic, epidermis, impaneled, impeached, impearled, impedance, impendent, imperiled, impleaded, impledged, impledges, impowered, impregned, impressed, impudence, millepeds, millipede, mispenned, pediments, periderms, permitted, pigmented, polemized, premedics, premiered, reimposed, unimpeded, whimpered.

+4 letters: distempers, empathised, empathized, emphasised, emphasized, empoisoned, ephemerids, epidemical, epidendrum, epidermoid, epitomised, epitomized, euphemised, euphemized, hypermedia, idempotent, impanelled, impedances, impediment, imperilled, impetrated, imprecated, imprudence, impudences, meperidine, millipedes, misdevelop, mispleaded, misspelled, multispeed, pedimental, pedimented, prelimited, premedical, pretrimmed, recompiled, redemption, redemptive, reimported, spermicide, temporised, temporized.

+5 letters: antependium, deemphasize, desipramine, despisement, despoilment, dissepiment, distempered, dumpinesses, emancipated, ephemerides, epidemicity, epidendrums, epidermises, exemplified, hesperidium, hypermedias, idempotents, impedimenta, impediments, implemented, impregnated, imprudences, madreporite, meperidines, misdevelops, misemployed, misreported, mucopeptide, multiplexed, pentamidine, polemicized, polymerised, polymerized, preadmitted, predicament, predominate, premedieval, premeditate, premodified, premodifies, premonished, pumpkinseed, redemptions, reimplanted, reprimanded, spermicides, unimpressed.

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