Search
Select the dictionary language
to impede
01
to create difficulty or obstacles that make it hard for something to happen or progress
Transitive: to impede a process or activity
Grammatical Information
Composition
Simple
Action verb
Regular
Present tense
impede
3rd person singular
impedes
Present participle
impeding
Past simple
impeded
Past participle
impeded
Examples
The heavy traffic impeded our journey to the airport.
Lexical Tree
impedance
impeding
impede
