"hindrance" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈhɪndɹəns/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-hindrance.wav [Southern-England] Forms: hindrances [plural]
Etymology: From Middle English hinderance, hinderaunce, hindraunce, hynderaunce, hynderawnce, hynderawns, hyndrance; equivalent to hinder + -ance. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|hinderance}} Middle English hinderance, {{m|enm|hinderaunce}} hinderaunce, {{m|enm|hindraunce}} hindraunce, {{m|enm|hynderaunce}} hynderaunce, {{m|enm|hynderawnce}} hynderawnce, {{m|enm|hynderawns}} hynderawns, {{m|enm|hyndrance}} hyndrance, {{suffix|en|hinder|ance}} hinder + -ance Head templates: {{en-noun}} hindrance (plural hindrances)
  1. Something which hinders: something that holds back or causes problems with something else. Translations (something which hinders): pengesë (Albanian), ἐγκοπή (enkopḗ) [feminine] (Ancient Greek), κώλυμα (kṓluma) [neuter] (Ancient Greek), cheadicã [feminine] (Aromanian), əngəl (Azerbaijani), пречка (prečka) [feminine] (Bulgarian), спънка (spǎnka) [feminine] (Bulgarian), препятствие (prepjatstvie) [neuter] (Bulgarian), obstacle [masculine] (Catalan), entrebanc [masculine] (Catalan), nosa [feminine] (Catalan), 障礙 (Chinese Mandarin), 障碍 (zhàng'ài) (Chinese Mandarin), 阻力 (zǔlì) (Chinese Mandarin), 阻礙 (Chinese Mandarin), 阻碍 (zǔ'ài) (Chinese Mandarin), překážka [feminine] (Czech), hindernis [feminine] (Dutch), obstakel [neuter] (Dutch), malhelpo (Esperanto), este (Finnish), haitta (Finnish), entrave [feminine] (French), obstacle (French), péga [feminine] (Galician), traba [feminine] (Galician), estorbo [masculine] (Galician), დაბრკოლება (dabrḳoleba) (Georgian), შეფერხება (šeperxeba) (Georgian), Behinderung [feminine] (German), Hindernis [neuter] (German), 𐌼𐌰𐍂𐌶𐌴𐌹𐌽𐍃 (marzeins) [feminine] (Gothic), κώλυμα (kólyma) [neuter] (Greek), εμπόδιο (empódio) [neuter] (Greek), akadály (Hungarian), hindrun [feminine] (Icelandic), impedo (Ido), impedivo (Ido), halangan (Indonesian), esse (Ingrian), éaradh [masculine] (Irish), impaccio [masculine] (Italian), ostacolo [masculine] (Italian), impedimento [masculine] (Italian), 邪魔 (jama) (alt: じゃま) (Japanese), 支障 (shishō) (alt: ししょう) (Japanese), 妨害 (bōgai) (alt: ぼうがい) (Japanese), 방해 (banghae) (alt: 妨害) (Korean), ōbex [feminine, masculine] (Latin), obiectus [masculine] (Latin), impedīmentum [neuter] (Latin), šķērslis [masculine] (Latvian), sakana (Malagasy), Hindaniss [neuter] (Plautdietsch), przeszkoda [feminine] (Polish), obstáculo [masculine] (Portuguese), obstrução [feminine] (Portuguese), entrave [masculine] (Portuguese), impedimento [masculine] (Portuguese), obice [masculine] (Portuguese), estorvo [masculine] (Portuguese), empecilho [masculine] (Portuguese), barreira [feminine] (Portuguese), freio [masculine] (Portuguese), piedică (Romanian), impediment [neuter] (Romanian), obstacol [neuter] (Romanian), поме́ха (poméxa) [feminine] (Russian), препя́тствие (prepjátstvije) [neuter] (Russian), amaladh [masculine] (Scottish Gaelic), bacadh [masculine] (Scottish Gaelic), èislean [masculine] (Scottish Gaelic), obstáculo (Spanish), rémora (Spanish), traba [feminine] (Spanish), impedimento [masculine] (Spanish), อุปสรรค (ùp-bpà-sàk) (Thai), ขวากหนาม (kwàak-nǎam) (Thai), มารผจญ (maan-pà-jon) (Thai), pkante (Tocharian B)
    Sense id: en-hindrance-en-noun-rt7BrhG6 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ance Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 96 4 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ance: 84 16 Disambiguation of 'something which hinders': 95 5
  2. The state or act of hindering something
    Sense id: en-hindrance-en-noun-j8q~6LHc
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: steric hindrance Related terms: hinder

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          "text": "The L.C.C. [London County Council] considers viaducts in London objectionable and a hindrance to town planning and would like to abolish all the Southern Railway lines on viaducts in South London. [Nothing much happened, they still exist.]",
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          "_dis1": "95 5",
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          "_dis1": "95 5",
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          "sense": "something which hinders",
          "word": "əngəl"
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          "sense": "something which hinders",
          "tags": [
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          "_dis1": "95 5",
          "code": "ca",
          "lang": "Catalan",
          "sense": "something which hinders",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "obstacle"
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          "_dis1": "95 5",
          "code": "ca",
          "lang": "Catalan",
          "sense": "something which hinders",
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          "_dis1": "95 5",
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          "lang": "Catalan",
          "sense": "something which hinders",
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          "word": "nosa"
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          "_dis1": "95 5",
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "sense": "something which hinders",
          "word": "障礙"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "95 5",
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "zhàng'ài",
          "sense": "something which hinders",
          "word": "障碍"
        },
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          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "zǔlì",
          "sense": "something which hinders",
          "word": "阻力"
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          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "sense": "something which hinders",
          "word": "阻礙"
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          "_dis1": "95 5",
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "zǔ'ài",
          "sense": "something which hinders",
          "word": "阻碍"
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          "code": "cs",
          "lang": "Czech",
          "sense": "something which hinders",
          "tags": [
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          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "something which hinders",
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          "code": "nl",
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          "sense": "something which hinders",
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        {
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          "code": "eo",
          "lang": "Esperanto",
          "sense": "something which hinders",
          "word": "malhelpo"
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          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "something which hinders",
          "word": "este"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "95 5",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "something which hinders",
          "word": "haitta"
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          "_dis1": "95 5",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "something which hinders",
          "tags": [
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        },
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          "_dis1": "95 5",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "something which hinders",
          "word": "obstacle"
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          "_dis1": "95 5",
          "code": "gl",
          "lang": "Galician",
          "sense": "something which hinders",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "péga"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "95 5",
          "code": "gl",
          "lang": "Galician",
          "sense": "something which hinders",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "traba"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "95 5",
          "code": "gl",
          "lang": "Galician",
          "sense": "something which hinders",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "estorbo"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "95 5",
          "code": "ka",
          "lang": "Georgian",
          "roman": "dabrḳoleba",
          "sense": "something which hinders",
          "word": "დაბრკოლება"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "95 5",
          "code": "ka",
          "lang": "Georgian",
          "roman": "šeperxeba",
          "sense": "something which hinders",
          "word": "შეფერხება"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "95 5",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "something which hinders",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "Behinderung"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "95 5",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "something which hinders",
          "tags": [
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          ],
          "word": "Hindernis"
        },
        {
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          "code": "got",
          "lang": "Gothic",
          "roman": "marzeins",
          "sense": "something which hinders",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "𐌼𐌰𐍂𐌶𐌴𐌹𐌽𐍃"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "95 5",
          "code": "el",
          "lang": "Greek",
          "roman": "kólyma",
          "sense": "something which hinders",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "κώλυμα"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "95 5",
          "code": "el",
          "lang": "Greek",
          "roman": "empódio",
          "sense": "something which hinders",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "εμπόδιο"
        },
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          "_dis1": "95 5",
          "code": "grc",
          "lang": "Ancient Greek",
          "roman": "enkopḗ",
          "sense": "something which hinders",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "ἐγκοπή"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "95 5",
          "code": "grc",
          "lang": "Ancient Greek",
          "roman": "kṓluma",
          "sense": "something which hinders",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "κώλυμα"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "95 5",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "something which hinders",
          "word": "akadály"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "95 5",
          "code": "is",
          "lang": "Icelandic",
          "sense": "something which hinders",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "hindrun"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "95 5",
          "code": "io",
          "lang": "Ido",
          "sense": "something which hinders",
          "word": "impedo"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "95 5",
          "code": "io",
          "lang": "Ido",
          "sense": "something which hinders",
          "word": "impedivo"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "95 5",
          "code": "id",
          "lang": "Indonesian",
          "sense": "something which hinders",
          "word": "halangan"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "95 5",
          "code": "izh",
          "lang": "Ingrian",
          "sense": "something which hinders",
          "word": "esse"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "95 5",
          "code": "ga",
          "lang": "Irish",
          "sense": "something which hinders",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "éaradh"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "95 5",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "something which hinders",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "impaccio"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "95 5",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "something which hinders",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "ostacolo"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "95 5",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "something which hinders",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "impedimento"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "95 5",
          "alt": "じゃま",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "jama",
          "sense": "something which hinders",
          "word": "邪魔"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "95 5",
          "alt": "ししょう",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "shishō",
          "sense": "something which hinders",
          "word": "支障"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "95 5",
          "alt": "ぼうがい",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "bōgai",
          "sense": "something which hinders",
          "word": "妨害"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "95 5",
          "alt": "妨害",
          "code": "ko",
          "lang": "Korean",
          "roman": "banghae",
          "sense": "something which hinders",
          "word": "방해"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "95 5",
          "code": "la",
          "lang": "Latin",
          "sense": "something which hinders",
          "tags": [
            "feminine",
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "ōbex"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "95 5",
          "code": "la",
          "lang": "Latin",
          "sense": "something which hinders",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "obiectus"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "95 5",
          "code": "la",
          "lang": "Latin",
          "sense": "something which hinders",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "impedīmentum"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "95 5",
          "code": "lv",
          "lang": "Latvian",
          "sense": "something which hinders",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "šķērslis"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "95 5",
          "code": "mg",
          "lang": "Malagasy",
          "sense": "something which hinders",
          "word": "sakana"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "95 5",
          "code": "pdt",
          "lang": "Plautdietsch",
          "sense": "something which hinders",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "Hindaniss"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "95 5",
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "something which hinders",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "przeszkoda"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "95 5",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "something which hinders",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "obstáculo"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "95 5",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "something which hinders",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "obstrução"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "95 5",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "something which hinders",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "entrave"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "95 5",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "something which hinders",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "impedimento"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "95 5",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "something which hinders",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "obice"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "95 5",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "something which hinders",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "estorvo"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "95 5",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "something which hinders",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "empecilho"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "95 5",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "something which hinders",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "barreira"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "95 5",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "something which hinders",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "freio"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "95 5",
          "code": "ro",
          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "something which hinders",
          "word": "piedică"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "95 5",
          "code": "ro",
          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "something which hinders",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "impediment"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "95 5",
          "code": "ro",
          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "something which hinders",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "obstacol"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "95 5",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "poméxa",
          "sense": "something which hinders",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
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      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "estorvo"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "something which hinders",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "empecilho"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "something which hinders",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "barreira"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "something which hinders",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "freio"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "something which hinders",
      "word": "piedică"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "something which hinders",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "impediment"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "something which hinders",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "obstacol"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "poméxa",
      "sense": "something which hinders",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "поме́ха"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "prepjátstvije",
      "sense": "something which hinders",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "препя́тствие"
    },
    {
      "code": "gd",
      "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
      "sense": "something which hinders",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "amaladh"
    },
    {
      "code": "gd",
      "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
      "sense": "something which hinders",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "bacadh"
    },
    {
      "code": "gd",
      "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
      "sense": "something which hinders",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "èislean"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "something which hinders",
      "word": "obstáculo"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "something which hinders",
      "word": "rémora"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "something which hinders",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "traba"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "something which hinders",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "impedimento"
    },
    {
      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "roman": "ùp-bpà-sàk",
      "sense": "something which hinders",
      "word": "อุปสรรค"
    },
    {
      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "roman": "kwàak-nǎam",
      "sense": "something which hinders",
      "word": "ขวากหนาม"
    },
    {
      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "roman": "maan-pà-jon",
      "sense": "something which hinders",
      "word": "มารผจญ"
    },
    {
      "code": "txb",
      "lang": "Tocharian B",
      "sense": "something which hinders",
      "word": "pkante"
    }
  ],
  "word": "hindrance"
}

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