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impedire — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • block noun A solid piece of a hard material, usually with flat sides.
  • disrupt verb To throw a process, system, or situation into confusion by interrupting its normal flow.
  • hamper noun A large basket with a lid, used to carry or store items such as laundry or food.
  • hinder verb To make something more difficult or slow to accomplish; to get in the way of.
  • impede verb To slow down or get in the way of progress.
  • interfere verb To get involved in something in a way that disrupts or is unwelcome.
  • prevent verb To stop something from happening, or to keep someone from doing something.
  • prohibit verb To forbid something officially, usually by law or rule.

Senses

impedire is used for these senses in English:

  • block (transitive, sports) To impede (an opponent or opponent’s play).
  • block (transitive, theater) To specify the positions and movements of the actors for (a section of a play or film).
  • disrupt (transitive) To interrupt or impede.
  • hamper (transitive) To put a hamper or fetter on; to shackle.
  • hinder (transitive) To make difficult to accomplish; to act as an obstacle; to frustrate.
  • hinder (ambitransitive) To delay or impede; to keep back, to prevent.
  • hold up (idiomatic) To withstand; to stand up to; to survive.
  • impede (transitive) To get in the way of; to hinder.

block — full definition

  1. noun A solid piece of a hard material, usually with flat sides.
  2. noun A section of a city bounded by streets, or the distance along one such section.
  3. noun Something that stops progress or prevents access.
  4. verb To obstruct or prevent something from passing or happening.
  5. verb To stop someone from contacting you online.

disrupt — full definition

  1. verb To throw a process, system, or situation into confusion by interrupting its normal flow.
  2. verb To radically change an industry or market by introducing a better or cheaper way of doing things.

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