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Hinder: Meaning, Usage, and Common Mistakes (2 meaning)

Meaning 1：slow down or impede (hinder)

hinder 🔊

/ˈhɪndər/

vt.

To make something difficult or slow something down, like a small obstacle in your way.

Hinder meaning: weight slowing runner on track

slow down or impede 🔊

➕

/sloʊ daʊn ɔːr ɪmˈpiːd/

vt.

To make something more difficult or delay its progress.

📁 Category：Behaviors & Actions 🔖 Level：Intermediate

📘 Details & Usage

📖 Root Explanation

From Old English 'hindrian' meaning 'to keep back', related to 'hind' (behind).

💡 Mnemonic

Think of a 'hind' (deer) stuck in a fence; its hind leg is hindered from moving forward.

📖 Example

Trying to study with loud music playing will definitely hinder your concentration. 🔊 Trying to study with loud music playing will definitely hinder your concentration.

🔗 Collocations

hinder progress – to slow down advancement or development

hinder growth – to impede natural increase or improvement

hinder efforts – to obstruct or make attempts less effective

🔄 Synonyms

impede (vt.) – To delay or block the progress of something.

obstruct (vt.) – To block or get in the way of something, making it difficult to pass or proceed.

hamper (vt.) – To slow down or prevent free movement or activity.

🚫 Antonyms

facilitate (vt.) – To make an action or process easier.

aid (vt.) – To provide help or support to make something easier.

promote (vt.) – To actively support or encourage the progress of something.

🌱 Derivatives

hindrance (n.) – A thing that delays or obstructs progress.

hindered (adj.) – Slowed down or obstructed.

unhindered (adj.) – Not slowed or blocked; free to proceed.

📖 Cultural Story

Hinder comes from Proto-Germanic *hindarōną, 'to put behind'. It appears frequently in everyday speech and writing for any obstruction or delay.

Meaning 2：block physically (hinder)

hinder 🔊

/ˈhɪndər/

vt.

To physically get in the way of someone or something, blocking their path or movement.

Hinder example: backpack blocking doorway

block physically 🔊

➕

/blɑːk ˈfɪzɪkli/

vt.

To physically get in the way of someone or something, preventing easy movement.

📁 Category：Behaviors & Actions 🔖 Level：Intermediate

📘 Details & Usage

📖 Example

Please move your suitcase from the hallway; it's hindering people from walking through. 🔊 Please move your suitcase from the hallway; it's hindering people from walking through.

🔗 Collocations

hinder movement – to restrict or slow physical motion

hinder passage – to block a way through

hinder traffic – to cause delays in flow of vehicles or pedestrians

🔄 Synonyms

block (vt.) – To prevent movement or access by putting something in the way.

obstruct (vt.) – To physically block a path or passageway.

impede (vt.) – To delay or slow movement by creating obstacles.

🚫 Antonyms

clear (vt.) – To remove obstacles or make a path free.

unblock (vt.) – To remove a blockage, allowing free movement.

facilitate (vt.) – To make movement or passage easier.

🌱 Derivatives

hindrance (n.) – A physical object or condition that blocks or slows.

unhindered (adj.) – Not physically blocked; able to move freely.