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発音

• IPA: /ɪmˈpiːd/
• 韻: -iːd

動詞

impede (third-person singular simple present impedes, present participle impeding, simple past and past participle impeded)

1. (transitive) To get in the way of; to hinder.

   impede someone's progress

   • 1992, Robert Jordan, “Chapter 31: Assurances”, in The Shadow Rising (The Wheel of Time; 4), London: Orbit Books, published 2021, →ISBN, page 501:

     “Everything had been ticking along like a fine clock, even with Bornhald impeding, until this new one appeared with his Gray Men. Ordeith scrubbed bony fingers through greasy hair. Why could not his dreams at least be his own?”

同意語

• See Thesaurus:hinder

反意語

• assist, help
• expede (obsolete)
• expedite

関連する語

• expede, expedite
• impediment

Further reading

• Douglas Harper (2001–2025) “impede”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.

アナグラム

• impeed