impediment
/ɪmˈpɛdɪmənt/
impediment noun: a hindrance; that which impedes or obstructs progress; impedance.
Noun
impediment (plural impediments)
- A hindrance; that which impedes or obstructs progress; impedance.
- I require and charge you (as you will aunswere at the dreadefull daye of iudgemente, when the secretes of all hartes shalbee disclosed) that if either of you doe knowe any impedimente why ye maie not bee lawfully ioyned together in matrimonie, that ye confesse it.1549 March 7, Thomas Cranmer [et al.], compilers, “Of Matrimonye”, in The Booke of the Common Prayer and Administration of the Sacramentes, […], London: […] Edowardi Whitchurche […], →OCLC
- Thus far into the bowels of the land
Have we marched on without impediment.c. 1593 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedy of Richard the Third: […]”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and...
- A disability, especially one affecting the hearing or speech.
- Working in a noisy factory left me with a slight hearing impediment.
- And they bring unto him one that was deaf, and had an impediment in his speech; and they beseech him to put his hand upon him.1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Mark 7:32
- Baggage, especially that of an army; impedimenta.
- We were all on foot, officers and men alike. Our horses, baggage, and impediments had been left at Brashear to follow the column of General Emory.1913, Thomas McManus, “The Battle of Irish Bend”, in The Twenty-Fifth Regiment Connecticut Volunteers in the War of the Rebellion, Rockville, Conn., page 36
impediment meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Urdu and Bengali
impediment in Hindi
- impediment
- रुकावट rukāvaṭ
impediment in Tamil
- தடை, முட்டுக்கட்டை
impediment in Urdu
- impediment, check
- پھاٹک phāṭak
- impediment
- بادھا bādhā, رکاوٹ rukāvaṭ
impediment in Bengali
- বাধা, অন্তরায়, প্রতিবন্ধকতা, তোতলামি
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- impediment in Telugu
- ఆటంకం āṭaṅkaṁ, అడ్డం aḍḍaṁ
- impediment in Malayalam
- തടസ്സം taṭassaṁ
- impediment in Kannada
- ಅಡ್ಡ aḍḍa
- impediment in Odia
- କଣ୍ଟା kaṇṭā
- impediment in Sanskrit
- प्रतिरोध pratirodha
- impediment in Tagalog
- bagko
- impediment in Arabic
- عَائِق ʕāʔiq, عَقَبَة ʕaqaba, إِعَاقَة ʔiʕāqa
Examples of impediment in a sentence
- Your kind Deſire to knovv the State of my Health had not been unſatiſfied of ſo long, had not that ill State been the Impediment.1720 July 30 (date written; Gregorian calendar), Alexander Pope, “To the Same [Letter to the Honourable Robert Digby, from Mr. Pope]”, in...
- I had gazed upon the fortifications and impediments that seemed to keep human beings from entering the citadel of nature, and rashly and ignorantly I had repined.1816 June – 1817 April/May (date written), [Mary Shelley], Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus. […], volume (please specify |volume=I...
- This impediment is part of the charm for him.1993, Carol Shields, chapter 2, in The Stone Diaries, Toronto, Ont.: Random House of Canada, page 64:
- In fact it is almost a kindness of Heaven to be gifted with some safe impediment of body, slightly crooked back or the like, if you much dislike the career of honor under Friedrich Wilhelm.1858, Thomas Carlyle, chapter VI, in History of Friedrich II. of Prussia, Called Frederick the Great, volume II, London: Chapman and Hall...
Synonyms of impediment
Forms of impediment
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Origin of impediment
From Middle English impediment, borrowed from Latin impedimentum.
Words formed from impediment
Questions about impediment
- What does impediment mean?
- Impediment means a hindrance; that which impedes or obstructs progress; impedance.
- What is impediment in Hindi?
- Impediment in Hindi is रुकावट (rukāvaṭ). See Impediment meaning in Hindi.
- How do you use impediment in a sentence?
- Your kind Deſire to knovv the State of my Health had not been unſatiſfied of ſo long, had not that ill State been the Impediment.
- What part of speech is impediment?
- Impediment is a noun.
- How do you pronounce impediment?
- Impediment is pronounced /ɪmˈpɛdɪmənt/.
- What is the plural of impediment?
- The plural of impediment is impediments.
Words near impediment in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: impediment (page history and authors); रुकावट (Hindi) (page history and authors); impediment (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); بادھا (Urdu) (page history and authors); Impediment (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); ಅಡ್ಡ (Kannada) (page history and authors); କଣ୍ଟା (Odia) (page history and authors); प्रतिरोध (Sanskrit) (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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