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What (who) is Impede - definition
impede
(impedes, impeding, impeded)
If you impede someone or something, you make their movement, development, or progress difficult. (FORMAL)
Fallen rock is impeding the progress of rescue workers.
= hinder, hamper
VERB: V n
impede
[?m'pi:d]
¦ verb delay or block the progress or action of.
Origin
C16 (earlier (ME) as impediment): from L. impedire 'shackle the feet of', based on pes, ped- 'foot'.
Examples of use of Impede
1. The smallest things can impede smooth operation and effective running.
2. Prolonged uncertainty could impede policies such as privatisation.
3. Rather, real human beings take actions to either impede or promote democratic practices.
4. "Certainly gabions alone cannot impede floodwater everywhere and at all times.
5. "The commission found that the proposed transaction would not significantly impede ef...