impedeim‧pede /ɪmˈpiːd/ verb [transitive] 
Storms at sea impeded our progress.
WORD ORIGINimpede
Origin:
1500-1600 Latin impedire, from pes ‘foot’VERB TABLE
impede
| Simple Form | ||
| Present | I, you, we, they | impede |
| he, she, it | impedes | |
| Past | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | impeded |
| Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have impeded |
| he, she, it | has impeded | |
| Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had impeded |
| Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will impede |
| Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have impeded |
| Continuous Form | ||
| Present | I | am impeding |
| he, she, it | is impeding | |
| you, we, they | are impeding | |
| Past | I, he, she, it | was impeding |
| you, we, they | were impeding | |
| Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have been impeding |
| he, she, it | has been impeding | |
| Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had been impeding |
| Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will be impeding |
| Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have been impeding |
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES
- In fact, the use of these drugs may even impede the patient's recovery.
- Progress has been impeded by a number of economic factors.
- Rescue attempts were impeded by the storm.
- If Nature herself sought to impede her progress, then resistance was mere pride and folly.
- In 1965 members of parliament regretted that the separation of children into different types of secondary schools impeded the raising of standards.
- This review is intended to serve essentially as a background to how science and technology can impede or promote development.
- Three would involve complex skeletal and muscular problems tending to impede rather than improve mobility.
- To proceed without doing so would give rise to conflicts of interest which could impede the proper performance of his duties.
- Widespread wage reductions were imposed during the recession of 1906-9 and price inflation thereafter impeded the recovery of real wage levels.
Longman Language Activatorto make progress difficult
to make it very difficult for an activity or plan to continue successfully: · Search efforts were hampered by strong winds and fifteen foot waves.· The police's work is hampered by people who file false complaints.· Health care costs are severely hampering the nation's small businesses.
to cause problems and therefore delay the development or progress of something: · Higher interest rates could hinder economic growth.· Society's attitudes about women hinder any real progress toward equality. · Heavy rains had hindered the expedition's progress through the north-west of the country.
to make progress or the development of something slower or more difficult: · Progress has been impeded by a number of economic factors.· In fact, the use of these drugs may even impede the patient's recovery.
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE ENTRY Storms at sea impeded our progress.COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSNOUN
to make it difficult for someone or something to move forward or make progress: Storms at sea impeded our progress.· Compared with sequential use of single drugs, which is current policy, combinations will thus impede the development of resistance substantially.· This review is intended to serve essentially as a background to how science and technology can impede or promote development.
· This needs to be coupled with a physical form which does not easily clog and impede water flow.
· And since acquisition depends on communication, your deliberate delivery will impede your progress in learning the language as well.· He had no torch, but darkness did not impede his progress.· If Nature herself sought to impede her progress, then resistance was mere pride and folly.· Previously, the shoe had only been tied on and this greatly impeded the animal's progress.· Breaks twigs off trees; generally impedes progress.
Storms at sea impeded our progress.