Past tense of impede
regular verb
The past tense of impede is impeded. The past participle is also impeded.
Forms of impede
| Base form (V1) | impede /ɪmˈpiːd/ |
|---|---|
| Past tense (V2) | impeded |
| Past participle (V3) | impeded |
| Present participle | impeding |
| Third person singular | impedes |
Impeded in a sentence
- The lushness of the jungle impeded travel; it seemed plants deliberately tried to slow us down.From the entry lushness
- The cattle duffer′s escape would have been impeded by those young ones.2011, Clancy Tucker, Gunnedah Hero, unnumbered page. From the entry duffer
- The technology of lontar writing in Bali, on the other hand, has never severely impeded the circulation of texts.2000, Raechelle Rubinstein, Beyond the Realm of the Senses, page 26. From the entry lontar
- I was glad there were no sergeantesses on board: it might have congealed the water, and impeded navigation.1907, Every Where, page 109. From the entry sergeantess
- It also allowed competing islandisms in more “advanced” colonies to view their own advancement as being impeded by the other colonies, if not by the Federation itself.2018, Eric D. Duke, Building a Nation: Caribbean Federation in the Black Diaspora. From the entry islandism
Meaning of impede
- verb To get in the way of; to hinder.
Questions about the past tense of impede
- What is the past tense of impede?
- The past tense of impede is impeded.
- What is the past participle of impede?
- The past participle of impede is impeded.
- Is impede a regular or irregular verb?
- Impede is a regular verb: its past tense adds -d.
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