"impede" meaning in English

See impede in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

IPA: /ɪmpid/ Audio: en-us-impede.ogg [US] Forms: impede [canonical], impedes [third-person, singular], impeded [past], impeded [past, participle], impeding [present, participle]
Head templates: {{verb|imped|e}} [POS TABLE]
  1. To impede is to make some task, progress or action not to happen or difficult to happen. Synonyms: prevent, hinder
    Sense id: simple-impede-en-verb-f7Cm6FrT
     
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