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impedes

impedes is the third-person singular simple present indicative of impede.

Meaning of impede

Verb

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
    Synonyms:
    hinder

Questions about impedes

What is impedes the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Impedes is the third-person singular simple present indicative of impede.

Words near impedes in the dictionary

  1. impeded
  2. impedence
  3. impedentiometric
  4. impeder
  5. impeders
  6. impedes
  7. impedeth
  8. impedibility
  9. impedible
  10. impedient
  11. impediment

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Adapted from Wiktionary: impedes (page history and authors); impede (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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