impediment

CEFRC1

/ɪmˈpɛdɪmənt/

noun

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In plain English

  1. 01

    noun

    Something that makes progress difficult.

  2. 02

    noun

    Extra detail

    A disability, especially one affecting the hearing or speech.

Examples

  • I don't consider my myopia as an impediment.

  • Tom has a speech impediment, which gets worse if he has to speak in public.

At a glance

Sits at C1 on the CEFR scale

Senses
4
Parts of speech
1
Citations
5
Synonyms
3

Deep Dive

noun

Extra meanings

  1. Baggage, especially that of an army; impedimenta.

  2. A hindrance; that which impedes or obstructs progress; impedance.

More examples

In context

  • Working in a noisy factory left me with a slight hearing impediment.

  • 1730, Joseph Addison, The Evidences of the Christian Religion, London: J. Tonson, Additional Discourses, Section 10, p. 308, Let us suppose a person blind and deaf from his birth, who being grown to man’s estate, is by the Dead-palsy, or some other cause, dep...

  • Thus far into the bowels of the land Have we marched on without impediment.

Synonyms

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His stutter was a major blank to his dream of becoming a radio announcer.

Practise this properly in the app, where the word comes back before you forget it.

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Origin

noun

From Middle English impediment, borrowed from Latin impedimentum.