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- Dictionaryimpede/ɪmˈpiːd/
verb
- 1. delay or prevent (someone or something) by obstructing them; hinder: "the sap causes swelling which can impede breathing"
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5. Impede simply means hinder or possibly prevent or delay: impede verb [with object] delay or prevent (someone or something) by obstructing them; hinder: the sap causes swelling which can impede breathing. ODO. It doesn't take a preposition. Impinge does take a preposition; something impinges on something else if it has an effect on it:
@Mitch: I guess. They are both very "compact" definitions. I'm surprised Oxford online gives so little detail, but if I just Google define facilitate the different nuances of that word are clear to me without even leaving Google's homepage. –
Feb 21, 2011 · Here's what I understand and what I learned, summarized. To Interfere is for someone or for a party to make his way to another person or other party's business or doing, or an act of making an edge for intrusion onto someone or some people's affairs or situation; make a mark over a person or situation.
Jul 4, 2013 · So: Yes, it does mean "prevent", but the word is used in a slightly different way. Yes, it does mean "exclude", but "exclude" does not carry the implication of cause and effect. I'm still not satisfied on the distinction between "prevent" and "preclude". The examples given here could all use "prevent" instead and they'd mean the same thing.
Aug 21, 2012 · 7. To impel is to push someone or something forward, while to compel is to force someone to do something. The difference is subtle, but usually compel carries a connotation of coercion or obligation. Impel has its roots in the Latin word for "to push forward", while compel comes from that for "to drive together". Share.
Jul 31, 2011 · 1. In the context of instructions relating to a circuit breaker, 'shall not' implies there is a very important set of rules you, the reader, are responsible for. If, in fact, the breaker -did- trip, you would be guilty of violating those rules. It is possible that the use of 'shall' is intended to instill almost religious importance to these rules.
Nov 11, 2013 · @Mari-Lou Well they both contain the word 'foot', I suppose. However the original meaning of 'shooting in the foot' appears per Edwin Ashworth to have changed significantly over the years.
Apr 18, 2011 · 10. Somewhere in the back of my mind I seem to remember that cedere meant “to go or yield” in Latin. Presumably this gives us the words concede and accede. (?) But what about the words supersede and proceed? Are they derived from the same source? If so, why the different spelling? etymology. verbs.
The comments from Phil Sweet and sumelic match my intuitive sense of the words and the definitions in my dictionary (Summary: impair = to weaken; impede = to obstruct). It's a clean distinction in theory. A car that is blocked by a boulder in the road is clearly impeded and not impaired.
Mar 30, 2013 · 1. I personally would not understand a "collaborative process" to mean a process amenable to collaboration. I do not think there is a single word that means even that, let alone a single word that means not conducive to collaboration. A collaborative process is one which does or did involve multiple contributors as a matter of ongoing or ...
