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- Dictionaryim·pede/imˈpēd/
verb
- 1. delay or prevent (someone or something) by obstructing them; hinder: "the sap causes swelling that can impede breathing"
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IMPEDE definition: 1. to make it more difficult for something to happen or more difficult for someone to do something…. Learn more.
The meaning of IMPEDE is to interfere with or slow the progress of. How to use impede in a sentence. Synonym Discussion of Impede.
IMPEDE meaning: 1. to make it more difficult for something to happen or more difficult for someone to do something…. Learn more.
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").
If you impede someone or something, you make their movement, development, or progress difficult. [ formal ] Fallen rock is impeding the progress of rescue workers.
to retard in movement or progress by means of obstacles or hindrances; obstruct; hinder. [1595–1605; < Latin impedīre to entangle, literally, to snare the feet = im- im- 1 + pedīre, v. derivative of pēs foot] syn: See prevent.
